Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2008/11

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] After Drucker
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:12:55 -0500

This argument, posted by Alexander Brash, about age is bankrupt and
worthless. It's nothing more than the idea that if Anton Stadler were alive
and playing today, these terrific "kids" who you talk about would mop the
floor with him, and that includes Baerman and everyone else, who are
collectively considered old farts. The reverse may be true. These old guys
could play circles around the young kids.

Drucker could very well keep on playing. His playing has lost no noticeable
power. I suspect that he is simply tired of it, and the physical rigors of
the job get more and more difficult as one gets older. But that doesn't mean
that he has to retire because he is falling apart.

To make a broad brush statement that says, effectively, that older players
should get out of the scene and let the kids, who can play circles around
them, take over their positions, is not only rewarmed nonsense, if you utter
that view in a real live situation you could be charged with age
discrimination..

Dan Leeson
dnleeson@-----.net

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