[sumo] Me or Your Lyin' Eyes Dept.: - "the woman...did not set foot on the ... dohyo...."

[Charles Finberg]

Look at the photo.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070921/2007_09_20t120606_315x450_us_sumo_woman_1.jpg
?

What's the "clarification" -- that her clothing prevented the forbidden
touching?  Or, that "touching" involves fingers or soles of feet, as opposed
to her whole darn leg?


On 9/25/07, Barbara <barbara at technogirls.org> wrote:
>
> Their statement clarified the matter, saying that though she stepped to
> the top of the surface, she did not touch inside of the ring.
> Barbara Murasakihana
> :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
>
> Kaiopectate! wrote:
> > "The Japan Sumo Association insisted that ... the
> > woman ... did not set foot on the ring, or dohyo,
> > itself." - Reuters/9-20-07
> >
> >
> http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070921/2007_09_20t120606_315x450_us_sumo_woman_1.jpg
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