Sufimoor -> RE: "surprising" letras (Jan. 13 2010 17:07:19)
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For starters, my apologies to the Foro Flamenco community if anyone took my remarks as "aggressive" or "hostile" towards Kate. I guess everyone's entitled to his/her opinion, so long as it doesn't rub someone's friend(s) on the Forum the wrong way. Ramparts, you still don't get my point, and at this point, it really doesn't matter anymore. To finish the matter, it was actually Kate who tossed the first halo of hostility when she accused me of perpetuating "stereotypes" (read her post) when that clearly wasn't the case at all. Wonder why no one called her "passive-aggressive" for that? Seems many people have a problem accepting or seeing others accept correction. Me being new to the Forum/Community or how many times I have posted to the Forum has nothing to do with the issue (s) at hand and amounts to nothing more than a smokescreen tossed into the discussion because someone felt someone else was being unfairly attacked. I don't need a re-quote on what Kate said - I read it just like everyone else, thank you, and I didn't antagonize her anymore than she antagonized me by accusing me of "stereotyping." Know the game first before you call the plays... There was no "enormous lie," that was a figurative statement that had nothing to do with Kate or anyone else on the forum. I never said Kate knew nothing about Flamenco, I said considering her signature and her statements, she needed to familiarize (which denotes she knows SOMETHING about Flamenco) herself with Flamenco's history (Newsflash: it wasn't all pretty), and that it was strange she didn't know that Flamenco letras vary and aren't all "Sunny Sunny 85 degrees in Jerez," and that life for Gypsies, especially that which spawned many of the famous Flamenco letras was difficult, which "at times" manifested itself within the letras. Sure, it is possible the "whorehouse" letra never really happened, but its also a possibility that it could have. Kate being a powerhouse in the Granada Flamenco community and being heavily involved in it is a non-issue - we can all learn something new about Flamenco everyday, heck, even Paco De Lucia learns something new about Flamenco everyday. No one knows any and everything about Flamenco, and never will, no matter how "experienced" in a particular Flamenco community they are... With the exception of remarks that may have seen "rude" to some people other than Kate, I stand by my original post (which was NOT mean, overblown, or completely out of line with the Foro Flamenco community, anymore than Kate's "mean, overblown, and completely out of line with the Foro Flamenco community" reaction to my post calling it "stereotypes.)" Thank you, Escribano, for your constructive criticism to my post and showing understanding, tact, and maturity, as well as correctly identifying your song, "God's Train," in "3rd person." Again, my apologies to all offended parties regarding this incident, and the slate stands clean....
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