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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let go of cancel culture and let kids do funny stuff again. Lighten up people[/quote]

But it's not funny. It's racist. Don't cancel a kid, obviously, but teach him.[/quote]

What makes it racists exactly? By your logic the kid can't dress up as Moana because they are not Peloponnesian or dress up as Elsa because they are not Scandinavian...   [/quote]

Sumo wrestling has a religious aspect to it, from the Shinto religion. [/quote]

You know nothing about sumo, if you seriously think this would be 'offensive'.

There is LITTERALLY a 'comic' version of sumo, called 'Shokkiri' performed by wrestlers that's meant to be lighthearted and funny, to entertain the audience. Of course Shinto is central to sumo-- but where you fall short is assuming that Shinto = Western Christianity or whatever, where religious = stuffy and serious (traditionally).

My my SO is from Shizuoka, and has a parent that served as a Yobidashi - which is sort of like a ring attendant that serves at one of the Sumo stables where wrestlers live and train at. I can assure you, if a kid chose to wear an inflatable sumo costume for Halloween, almost anyone involved in professional Sumo would not only not find it offensive, but would actually probably get a chuckle out of it.

...But more importantly, WHY the hell are we discussing this, in FEBRUARY?? Last I checked, Halloween is in October?[/quote]

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