Re: We have ways of making you.......

   
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Re: We have ways of making you.......

Κυριακή, 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009 4:23 πμ

How far can regimentation be taken!  Is there no limit to the extent to which one group attempt  to impose their power and control?

http://www.idsf.net/dancesport_competitions/IDSF_DanceSport_Championship_Protocol_01_07_2007.pdf

All now in force from 1st September, 2009.

The impression I have is that this is designed to ensure that smaller less cash rich countries can never host a well championship as the financial costs will be out of their reach.

Originality is not welcome.

I am amused at the need for all those photographs in the programme. Ego massage!!

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Re: We have ways of making you.......

Κυριακή, 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009 1:38 μμ

IDSF is  branding their logo  -  being selfish, self serving,   while unwisely  accepting, even  inviting risks of back lash .     

No difference from a meat processor  promoting their brand .

Take for example the brand   "Maple Leaf ."

Shopper walking  into  a store,  see  a great variety and a selection  of wonderful salamis,  processed meat products ,  but only Maple Leaf section  has a special display with a Photograph of the inventor, the associated Maple Leaf  Logo in prescribed colours, packaging.

Shops not willing to accept the Maple Leaf products display and the Photograph just cannot sell the Maple Leaf  sausage. ( so far the consumers are not forced , in place of a blessing say, we consume this Maple Leaf  sausage for the Glory of meat products and of a Pig ) 

No big deal,  there are many other meat products equal in quality and some much better, some may not even make you sick and are not associated with the deadly listeria bacteria contamination.

 

"....without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of the athletes "   

Are  the oaths by the Athletes and Adjudicators necessary ?

Do dancers dance for the glory of the sport ? Can adjudicators be completely impartial ?

Oath is supposed to be believable, oath is supposed to be followed ....

  

Is this charade supposed to resemble the Olympic Oath by the Athletes and by the Adjudicators ?  

Is there any other sport, or sport organization which requires such a Fanfare ?

Tennis is a far more popular sport than dancesport .   I do not recall Nadal repeating after someone  that he plays tennis  for the glory of "sport"   rather then  for  the moneys, sponsorship, the recognition, the prices,  in fact   to make a living.

The best in the most of sports are Professionals who carry on with the sport to feed their families, for the glory of income. 

 A dancesport  competitor  could   be insulted to  be required to make such an oath, because if the oath is necessary it  implies  that  dancers  could be  cheater, that they  could be using drugs , and by making the pledge they say " we are the chosen who do not cheat and use drugs".    What does it say about the  rest of  the dancers,   that they may cheat  ....?

 Isn't  Dancing  a celebration of a freedom of movement ?  For the "glory"  of achieving harmony with a partner  and  celebration of movement to a rhythm ( dance ) , also  celebrating  the company of  people  who share similar interests ( dance) .   

 

How does " true spirit  of sportsmanship " differ from just a "spirit ...." ?

Do the dancers who meet Sundays afternoon with their  friends sharing similar interest in dancesport, meet and socialize, practice dancing skills, ask members of opposite ( or same ) sex for a dance to honour athletes, for glory of sport ?

Facts:  1.    Vegetarians live longer, are healthier than meat eaters

              2.    Raw meat is healthier than the processed products

               3.  You never know what goes in the processed meat loaf

               4.   There are so many  great  variety and great brands, 

                      why not  sample  them   to discover  we can do without Maple Leaf.

YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE :

1 Try another product

2.  Inform the Shop owner you have discovered and prefer other than Maple Leaf sausage

 The shop keeper may be pleased he/she  recognized and can succesfuly  sell other  meats, and can get away with that space taking  Maple Leaf Photograph, which promotes not his/her store , but Maple Leaf  and all its glory.

( By the way,  in real life many shopp keepers would rather never heard of Maple Leaf, and try desperately remove their products off their shelfs due to a disasterous listeria contamination resulting is several deaths -  proof that excessive branding can fire back )