Problems changing clip speed

Either I am being really ignorant, or this is another quirk to FCE. Why, when I change the speed of a clip using Modify/Speed, does FCE shift all the clips on track 1 when the clip I am adjusting is on track 3 and selected. Is there a way to prevent this very annoying behaviour. I have even tried locking track one and it still shifts all the clips on that track after the clip I am editing, even though that clip is on a different track. In fact, when track is "locked" and I change the speed of the clip on track 3, FCE shifts the video on track one negatively 17 frames and the audio for track one positively 17 frames. Completely stumped.
Thanks,
Ron

Thanks Russ,
But the correct answer is "I am ignorant". Your response made me look at how i had the whole sequence set up and I realized that the audio track for the whole thing was on a3 and of course it wasn't shifting clips after all but changing the whole audio track.
Thanks again,
Ron

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