4 Apr
2016
4 Apr
'16
11:22 a.m.
Hi Michael,
The article made these points, not me. I didn't actually introduce any
ideas that weren't in the article. My post said I found 3 points
"interesting", and listed the three points. I didn't even link the article
on Shared Weight in the first place.
Ever hear the phrase, "don't shoot the messenger "?
Should Amy be chastised for linking that article here?
Of all people, are you the one in a position to chastise about bad behavior
on this list?
As an aside, I worked in my previous career on a year-long project with the
US Holocaust Memorial Museum. My former partner was a child of a Jew who
suffered in the Holocaust. I am quite extensively versed in the subject.
When I read an article written by a Roma, who is a Roma scholar, and a
dancer, and on Voice of Roma, I was interested in what she had to say about
the use of the term "gypsy" in dance. So was Amy who posted the link, so
were others.
I don't think that censorship of examining this kind of evaluation of dance
and dance terms ought to be on our agenda.
Ron
On Apr 4, 2016 11:03 AM, "Michael Fuerst via Callers" <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hello Ron:
Your statement "we're comparing our having fun traveling to various
dances to the widespread persecution of an ethnicity (the worst being the
Holocaust)."
was an intentional, malicious, misguided personal attack on every
contradancer who speaks the words "dance gypsy," who uses the word
"gypsy"
when teaching a dance, who has a T-shirt or bumper sticker with those
innocuous words, or who converses about "gypsy" figure--no matter how much
socially consciousness that dancer may be in thought and in deed.
You probably should not participate in any public forum about even a
mildly controversial topic, if you take personal affront at someone who,
with an accompanying explanation, refers to an idea you expressed as
absurd.
Maybe you need a more specific example. In the past 6 months I attended
two dance weekends which featured a particular well known caller. The
first weekend this caller used a surrogate for "gypsy." The next weekend,
several months later, this caller used the term "gypsy." Any suggestion
that this caller was now "having fun" with "the persecution of an
ethnicity
(the worst being the Holocaust)" will strike most people as
absurd--whether you think so or not.
And your associating with the Holocaust any aspect of contra dancing
seems six million times more tasteless and inappropriate than someone
referring, with explanation, to an idea of yours as absurd. You owe
everyone on this list an apology
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
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