7 Jan
2023
7 Jan
'23
4:18 a.m.
Question for anyone with the "you will alienate someone" or "everyone has
a
different level of risk" mindset:
In other areas of life, do you consider someone's personal preference (like
not wearing a mask) the same as someone's health needs (like having a
health condition, or a family member who does)?
Like, how is this "both sides have a preference" narrative any different
from able-bodied people being like "Oh, well, I just don't like handicapped
ramps, I prefer steps"?
I'm not asking to be mean or rude. I genuinely would love an explanation.
I think there actually _is_ a way to please most people, and not just
disregard people with medical conditions (or family with them).
That is - making sure no area's dances are all mask-optional.
There's a big difference between an area having _some_ mask-optional
dances, sure, but if they're _all_ mask-optional.
Thanks,
Julian Blechner
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 5:56 PM John and/or Jan Bloom via Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
As Alan said, whatever you do you will alienate
someone.
What I did with the Brunswick ECD was to ask all of the dancers
- would you dance if masks were required
- would you dance if masks were optional
and so on.
Then I picked the rules that maximized the number of dancers.
I realize that this is harder for Contra, where you have a lot of dancers
that you can't ask, including potential future dancers. But in my case
it seemed like the right way to do it.
John Bloom
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