[sumo] From the Guardian (UK)

[Tetsuonoumi]

Maybe I'm an ostrich with my head buried in the ground, but I find 
the Guardian's article to be extremely negative and one-sided.

	- references to "bad boy 
foreigners".  Musashimaru?  Akebono?  Kyokutenho?  Kyokushuzan?  The 
only "bad boy foreigners" I can think of are Kotooshu, who has had 
some unattractive behavior, and then, of course, the overly maligned 
Asashoryu, who, other than breaking a window on his worst night, has 
been a worthy yokozuna under the relentless media spotlight.

	- reference to Keisuke Itai's outrageous claims of 80% fixing, as if 
they were indisputable fact.

	- Asashoryu and Simmons coming across as condemning Japanese youth, 
while I think that at least Simmons was trying to make a subtler 
point that Japanese kids today's have a wealth of interesting 
opportunities that compete with sumo as a career choice.

	But the pictures link was great!  I recommend it!

		-Tetsuonoumi