"Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1g7hrom.110wpvv1dcf1roN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com...
> So after all that training (some would call it "bullying") designed to
> convert them into gentle, considerate giants around normal-sized people,
> they can turn around and act menacing? Somehow I find that hard to
> believe....

Possibly not -- but your average joe on the street doesn't know that.

Then again, how effective they are is an open question. Most crooks are
worried about getting caught, not getting pummeled. And I have to wonder how
effective a sumo wrestler would be at chasing down a pickpocket for several
blocks, over fences etc...

Probably good publicity for the sumo world, though.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom