Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yrmfa-01p2-178.ppp11.odn.ad.JP!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Different Way to, er, Rassle Crime Down Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:55:46 +0900 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1005jhdpgalom04@corp.supernews.com> <1g7hrom.110wpvv1dcf1roN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yrmfa-01p2-178.ppp11.odn.ad.jp (61.116.186.178) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1073955319 10856642 61.116.186.178 ([101276]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:10507 "Louise Bremner" 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