[sumo] [getting off-topic] Police To Charge Tokitsukaze Oyakata

[Joe Petrow]

On 9/27/07, Scott Kahn <smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> Your comparison to the baseball commisioner is irrelevant because he
> does not preside over a sport with a deep rooted cultural heritage in
> Japan

Actually, yakyu (baseball) has a very deep rooted cultural heritage in
Japan.  They take baseball more seriously than any country in the
world, United States included.  Attending a Hanshin Tigers home game
is almost a religious experience:

http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/09/02/hanshin-tigers/

When you make such statements that are so blatantly ignorant of
Japanese culture, it's kind of hard to take seriously anything else
you say on the subject.

  - Peterao