Re: [sumo] More WakaTaka after the Kyokai Service

[Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com>]

JOHN GUNNING wrote:

> he is indeed acting like an ass but for fecks sake his father has just 
> died. who knows how any of us would react in that situation.

	Well, I can tell you how I reacted.  My situation was similar to Taka's 
in that my father became ill and passed away fairly young and relatively 
quickly.  I was 37 at the time.

> takanohana idolised his father and subsequently fout out that same
> idol had feet of clay. his death must make for a 32 year old thats
> feeling very confused and mixed up right now.

	I also idolized my father but he didn't have feet of clay.  However, 
obviously none of us had the attention of anyone outside of the family 
(it's not like we're famous).  And I am the eldest son.  But the pain 
and confusion and all the other emotions do take over your life for a 
while.  One of the other things I had going for me is that our mother 
and father were married and together and happy longer than I was alive.

> plus everything is being done under the intense spotlight that is the 
> japanese media. its not surprising he is acting weirdly. it'd be 
> stranger if he was acting normally.

	I have seen this kind of reaction in some families.  There's immediate 
and devastating fights between siblings over the inheritance.  This 
seems to come when the siblings are not raised in an equal and loving 
environment.  It's quite obvious that the Hanada did not have this kind 
of environment.

> two of my closest friends lost their fathers in the last few years and 
> the shock that it caused them had profound and lasting effects on both.

	It's been almost 5 and 1/2 years for me.  And sometimes it feels like 
yesterday.

	Anyway, my feelings on this are that Taka is not acting proper for a 
son, let alone a Yokozuna.  I can see where some of his actons might be 
motivated from but it still doe snot excuse him from it.

	At least that's my opinion.

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