As much as I can be very petty sometimes, in the long run, the ego boosts that come from my own success are better than the ones that come from someone else's failure.
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As much as I can be very petty sometimes, in the long run, the ego boosts that come from my own success are better than the ones that come from someone else's failure.
I found it amusing - but probably the sort of story that's best swapped in the ladies' (or mens') room amongst friends than on the internet. Some of the details got pretty specific - I don't know how big the tango scene is there, but there was possibly enough detail for individuals to be identified.
twnkltoz
Forum Master
Ah...good point. Perhaps I should delete it, to be safe. Of course, it got quoted...
ETA: I can't edit or delete it, maybe because of its age or because it was quoted. If one of the mods would like to do that, I would appreciate it. I didn't really consider that people read this forum without posting, and I was awfully specific.
Mosca Negra
New Member
"Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all."
- -Nikita Khrushchev
Twnkltoz, never apologize for expressing personal opinion; and for those who would wish to stifle lively discourse, I would I would suggest reading Huxley's Animal Farm; but only if they possess the intellect to understand it isn't about farm animals.
Great, then I won't have to apologize (to you) for saying that in my opinion, this advice is ridiculous.
Then the people who responded negatively to Twnkltoz' post also don't need to apologize for "bashing" her.
Actually, you reinforced my point... if you post on a public internet forum, be prepared for people to freely respond in ways you might not like.
It's responses that create lively discourse. If no one had responded to her post, there would BE no discourse... lively or otherwise.
Mosca Negra
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There, see how easy that was Dchester?
Lilly_of_the_valley
Well-Known Member
It is not like you should or should not post something here. The real problem is you appeared to operate under the assumptions that "this forum is anonymous, so if I vent here, no one who knows people in question will ever see"
and " that sort of things will never happen to me because I am always friendly and encouraging".
Both assumptions are erroneous. A lot has been said here about the first one. About the second one: If you stay in tango for a while, I can almost guarantee at some moment you will find yourself on the receiving end of the criticism that will seem to you way exagerrated or unfair.
and " that sort of things will never happen to me because I am always friendly and encouraging".
Both assumptions are erroneous. A lot has been said here about the first one. About the second one: If you stay in tango for a while, I can almost guarantee at some moment you will find yourself on the receiving end of the criticism that will seem to you way exagerrated or unfair.
It's always easy, when someone throws a softball right over the plate.
Mosca Negra
New Member
So I would imagine; yet in time, with training, just a little more practice, and the services of a good teacher, I am certain you will be able handle a little more complexity.
tangomonkey
Active Member
I'm surprised no one has corrected your obvious error. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, not Aldous Huxley. Not that that makes your point anymore valid...
I guess the rest of us didn't have the intellect to pick up on that.
Either that or our brains translated what we read to what we expected it to say... or perhaps it's just proof that most people don't read anything on the forum very carefully, which is a theory I've had for awhile.
