Children abused, shame on IDSF
If anybody can be
called innocent, one obviously thinks of a child.
Who in his right mind could think of using children as tools to a political
end?
Who in his right mind would justify such behaviour?
The answers to those questions are right in front of us!
Whatever the
issues at heart, there is no excuse at all for involving children in the
situation which occurs nowadays in our world of dance.
The IDSF in
Did their president not first reply to Karl Breuer in a racist way, speaking of
"blond hair and blue eyes", clearly referring to the 2nd World War?
Now he is accusing the whole of
This in an official press release!
Once again IDSF, instead of even taking a respectable distance from his
actions and his views on humanity, sends out a letter of full support!
This all under the banner of IOC and the national CONI.
To be perfectly clear: this latest action of using children as human (not
shields but) weapons is surely, like racism, repugnant.
Moreover, is it not true that for those children, juveniles and juniors,
winning
In the career of every dancer the Blackpool Dance Festival is a milestone
memory. To block this opportunity of children, only there for one year , is not in the interest of dancing. Not
at all.
It gets even more absurd if the reason posted is a "friendly
teammatch". And that's what it is, nothing more, nothing less. Like all
teammatches in Blackpool, whatever the qualities of the participants, it is
nothing more than a friendly match between dancers, so organized that it is
great entertainment for all. Of course winning is an honor, but participating
in it is first priority. And doesn't that remind me of a great saying in
sports??
"Not winning, but participating ...."
Many know that the arguments of IDSF are a ridiculous smokescreen.
This kind of action convinces me more and more that every dancer should be
offered an alternative, safe from people such as racists (and IDSF it seems)
who show again to have no consideration for the dancers, amateurs,
professionals, the very young to the very old.
Blinded by their own targets (whatever they might be), abusing their position
and membership of IOC and National Sports Federations, they indiscriminately
ban, punish and block those who are just wishing to dance. The distance between
them and reality is getting bigger every day. I can find no excuse for their
latest action to involve children in this adult
conflict.
Being a parent
myself, I would go all the way to fight this abuse if it were my child who was
suddenly confronted with this action. I would no longer like to be associated in
any way with an organisation which does this, nor with an organisation which
supports this.
Any parent instinctively would defend his or her child against being abused
(and that is what is done here and now). The same goes for those who allow this
to happen because they are not directly involved but just sit and watch.
I can have no respect at all for an organisation which does not take offense:
children should be left out of this completely.
I simply hope that all juvenile and junior competitors come and dance. I call
to them. Do not allow anyone to rob you of your dreams. Dance in
Free, young,innocent
and simply wishing to dance!
Kindest regards,
Sammy Stopford.