[sumo] Man in the street-Views on Jungyo and Asa

[Charles Beauchamp]

Um..wow.  Is there a different take on how I describe
the facts that is somehow different contextually where
you are sitting?  Or are you just another idiot Euro
that likes to find reason to make anti-American
comments in an international forum?

--- are akselsen <areakselsen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> And thus is the world as seen from the USA ... 
> 
> --- Charles Beauchamp <beauking1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Part of the complete bizarreness of this entire
> > controversy is how many people in this list and
> > elsewhere keep throwing in the word "honor" as
> > regards
> > the Yokozuna skipping a tour of essentially
> > pre-determined sumo performances..in order to
> > participate in a charity event in his home
> country.
> > 
> > Cultural insensitivities be damned..this is just
> > completely stupid on the part of the kyokai. 
> > Defending a "tradition" of touring fake matches
> (the
> > price of entry certainly isn't fake by the way)
> > being
> > treated as if Asashoryu has spit on the Emporer is
> > simply absurd.  
> > 
> > The Kyokai has lost it's collective mind and this
> is
> > nothing more then an attempt to push him out.  I
> > hardly think that Hakuho is a worthwhile
> replacement
> > as he is nothing more then a cheap understudy.  
> > --- Kuramarujo <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 03:21 -0700, Dale Carlson
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > OK, I'm sure I'm revealing many cultural
> > > insensitivities here, but the
> > > > Jungyo performances are controlled, if not
> > > outright scripted, right?
> > > > Given the obvious importance of them, don't
> the
> > > fans deserve better? 
> > > 
> > > 	I would guess it's more like a touring show
> than
> > > real sumo.  It's like
> > > having the icescapades tour in between official
> > > competitions.  I'd go
> > > see an exhibition of, say, Monster Truck's even
> if
> > > they didn't have an
> > > actual show.
> > > 
> > > K-jo, who is a BIG Grave Digger fan!!!
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Joe "Kuramarujo" Klemmer
> > > http://www.webtrek.com/joe/sumo
> > > 
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