[sumo] Comments on Scott's reaction to Asashoryu's suspension

[Magnus Berg]

2007-08-02 kl. 00.20 skrev Moti:

> Scott Kahn wrote:
>
>> Lastly, I bring up for instigating purposes that the four latest 
>> censures were against Asashoryu, Roho, Kyokutenho, and Kyokushuzan 
>> (if one assumes a forced retirement).  Hmmmn.
>> Sukubidubidu
>> (and I do love Japan)
>
> Exactly. 4 rikishi who don't give a dang about rituals and history and 
> doing it right. Not only that, they will NEVER understand what this is 
> all about.

Moti,
I'm surprised to see you equate Kyokutenho with the other three. I have 
never seen Tenho display rude behavior on the dohyo like them, or heard 
anything about misbehaviour off dohyo. His crime was the same as Toki's 
(with the exception that Toki killed the person he hit with his car), 
does that mean that Toki also didn't care about sumo history and 
rituals? I guess not, as your comment must be based on other 
observations as well. I'd be interested to hear more.
/Maguroyama

> Where's the surprise? No Japanese rikishi will ever question the 
> basics, because that's how it goes. Some foreigners are in it for the 
> success as in any other sport and that's fair enough, and choose to 
> subtly ignore/ not learn the inner workings. So they get their hands 
> smacked. They shouldn't complain. Unfair? they fel cheated. They 
> should go home. They wouldn't be the first.
> You keep coming back to the same things-He's a nice guy, the young 
> wrestler died, what are they doing about it, soccer is not sumo etc.
> They are irrelevant. He is not a sandanme wrestler. He's a 
> dai-yokozuna. He's supposed to show up at jungyos. Jungyos and 
> honbasho are of the same importance in the eyes of the Kyokai, 
> although jungyo records don't count. Asa knows that better than 
> anyone. He screwed up. Big time. Nothing to do with any of the stuff 
> you mentioned, but a whole lot to do with the inner workings of Sumo. 
> He's been the lone yokozuna forever and shouldered the responsibility. 
> Now that there is another yokozuna, he just wanted to rest his 
> battered body ( and it is badly battered..). But you can't do that in 
> Sumo, regretfully. He seems to be taking nhis punishment like a man 
> and not threatening to leave etc..
> Better you get deal with this as well, because it ain't gonna change.
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