[sumo] News and Mr. Buckton's most recent JT column

[Scott M. Kahn]

Quoting Joshua Maciel <joshua.maciel at gmail.com>:


> Asashoryuu, on the other hand, has come across as a giant baby

To each, his/her own...

Have you really learned nothing from the slew of
> discussions that
> we've had on the issue over the past couple months?

If "learning nothing" means holding to the belief that the Kyokai
needs reform on many issues, or the many other points that I've
brought out, then guilty as charged.  Again, to each, his/her
own...  If "learning nothing" means agreeing with an horrendous
decision by the Kyokai, compounded by a tabloid-like media frenzy,
or how some individuals expect a Yokozuna to behave while
hypocritically ignoring certain contributions that he has made to
sumo off of the dohyo and the follies of beloved Yokozuna from the
past, then sorry to disappoint you.

Let's try to spare the list from more of this specific issue during
the basho?

Sukubidubidu

> - Josh
>
> On 9/11/07, Scott Kahn <smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> >
> > In Mongolia, Asashoryu will work himself back into proper
> physical
> > condition, and then he will arrive in Japan to a media
> onslaught, the
> > likes of which haven't been seen for a long time.  He will
> offer his
> > sincere apology at that time, and the Kyokai will fully accept.
>  If it
> > is a choreographed display of deep bows and tears that are
> required from
> > Asashoryu in a Japanese manner as the public face of remorse, I
> wouldn't
> > hold my breath for that kind of acting to come from Asashoryu.
> From
> > Takasago Oyakata, perhaps.  Asashoryu's perception in Japan
> will come
> > from his performance on the dohyo when he returns, not from a
> need for
> > vengence from within Japan, as Mr. Buckton's appears to
> espouse.  If Mr.
> > Buckton is correct in his thinking that the overriding force is
> > vengence, then wouldn't Asashoryu's suspension be a direct
> result of
> > foreign rikishi having recently behaved badly???  Again, given
> Mr.
> > Buckton's position and the wealth of information that is
> available,
> > including reports that sumo has gone on fine without Asashoryu,
> I think
> > that Mr. Buckton can do much better than he has on this issue.
> >
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