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

[Joe Petrow]

On 9/27/07, Scott M. Kahn <smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> Joe-
>
> Having attended many "yakyu" games in Japan, I know of what I speak.
>  Was it you who I was sitting next to during the home run hitting
> contest between Sadaharu Oh and Hank Aaron???

Then that makes your statement all the more ludicrous.

> Coming at you with the same unnecessary tone, it is simply
> ridiculous to suggest that the cultural history of baseball in
> Japan is anywhere near as rich as that of sumo.  Perhaps you
> confuse popularity with cultural history, perhaps due to other
> worldly experiences at Hanshin Tigers' games.

Perhaps you confuse "history" with "heritage", the word you used in
your original post?  Perhaps a definition is in order?

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heritage

Since yakyu, like sumo, has been a part of the culture of Japan since
before the oldest Japanese was born, their heritage is at least
identical.  If anything, baseball has a far greater heritage in Japan
than sumo (seen many high school sumo matches in your time?)

> And, you failed to recognize that my comment was in reference to the
> alleged widespread use of steroids in the USA, making your response
> that much more irrelevent.

So now you're saying that steroids aren't a part of sumo?

> Had you respectfully asked for a clarification of my comments, this
> would have been provided to you.  But I won't stand in your way of
> jumping to conclusions, that is your perogative.

And I won't let you stand in the way of making a fool of yourself.
That too, is your prerogative (as it is my prerogative to use a
spellchecker before posting)

  - Peterao