Re: AKEBONO, BEER AND CAUCASIANS

"PROMETHEUS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Someone wrote:
> 
> > > >    Sporting dyed hair and an earring, Akebono said he tried boxing
>  > > once as a kid but things didn't work out.
>  >
>  > Anyone have a pic of this new look?
>  
> > I second that.  I'm picturing all sorts of oddness.
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> It's not so odd if you live in Japan.
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> >
> > > >    K-1 is wildly popular in Japan, where bouts are regularly staged
> > > > before crowds of up to 70,000. The sport has held events in Europe
> > > > and the United States and is seeking expansion those markets.
> > >
> > > And yet the bashos are half full.  Maybe this is indicative of
> > > something.
> 
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> It is indicative of the appeal of TRASH SPORTS to an entertainment-hungry
> audience.
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> 
> > Well, one thing I've thought could help sumo be more popular (but maybe
> > not help sumo as a whole) would be to allow some emotion into it.  My
> > theory of why Takamisakari is so popular is that he shows some actual
> > emotion and fire up on the dohyo.
> 
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> NO NO NO! What's wrong with you people?
> 
> You are trying to CHANGE SUMO so that it harmonizes with your own base
> instincts and cultural prejudices.
> 
> You can't have the winner of a bout grinning like an idiot and frantically
> waving his arms in a triumphant fashion. That would turn SUMO into PRO-RESU.
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> 
> > Now, I'm not saying I want to see sumo turn into pro wrestling, but I
> > kinda would like Asashoryu or whomever to smile when they win a match
> > or, heck, a basho.  On the dohyo, that is.  Right now, the stoicism of
> > the rikishis sometimes looks like boredom to me.
> 
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> 
> NO NO NO! You don't get it! Only fools and embarrassed people smile in
> Japan.
> 
> You blockheads are trying to impose your own cultural values on SUMO.
> 
> You are not SUMO fans!
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> 
> > Who knows though.  This could just be my wondering what would happen if
> > some rikishi won a basho and pumped his fist/smiled/looked happy.  The
> > way it is now, I picture the Kyokai banning the guy for life for having
> > emotions.
> 
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> 
> And rightly so. Of course these guys have emotions. The point is NOT to show
> them.
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