在西方人眼中,相扑是一种荒唐的游戏。他们无法理解,一些少年因体格超常被专门挑选出来,离群而居,像填鸭似地被喂得肥重不堪,就是为了从事这样一种枯燥乏味的比赛。西方人更不服气的是,相扑比赛不分级别,所有选手不分体重大小,参加只有一个级别的比赛;这等于承认以强凌弱的合法性,根本不符合奥林匹克公平竞赛的原则。崇尚平等的西方人,无法容忍这种光天化日之下的 In the eyes of westerners sumo wrestling is a ridiculous game. They can not understand that some teenagers who have been specially selected for their extraordinary physical fitness and who have been out-crowded and plunged like a duck into a dull diet are engaged in such a boring race. Westerners even more unconvinced that the sumo wrestlers regardless of level, all players indifferent to participate in only one level of competition; which is tantamount to acknowledging the validity of the giants, does not accord with the principle of fair competition in the Olympics. Advocating equal Westerners can not tolerate this broad daylight