As originally posted by Mosnews here, the Sport Minister of Japan (Mr. Kenji Kosaka), happens to be apologizing for some of his consideration after the Olympic gold medal of Japanese female figure-skater Shizuka Arakawa.
Japan’s sports minister has been forced to apologize for a public gaffe after saying he was very happy to see Russian figure skating star Irina Slutskaya fall at the Turin Winter Olympics, AFP reported.
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“We should not be pleased with others’ misfortune, but I was happy when (Slutskaya) fell. I felt terribly happy, thinking ’This is it!’†Kosaka said, freezing Arakawa’s smile.
So… 1, 2, 3 laugh!
Come on isn’t this a completely normal reaction?
He’s japanese, she’s japanes, she needed Slutskaya to do some mistake to win, and when she did (*sigh*) they were both happy. Would have been just polite not to confess this happiness in public.
The real problem here is that he is a Minister, and in particular the Minister of Sport, and being that he should give a clean and fair image of him even when he stops to be a Minister and become a supporter.
I must admit, I am always a little happy when someone who could beat my favourites do something wrong, I know it’s not fair and outside the Cubertain’s spirit but we’re all human after all, and sometimes is also nice to win more than just participate.
Anyway, I’m glad Mr. Kenji Kosaka decided to give his apologies to the whole sport world, but I feel that in his inner self, he is still a little happy for Slutskaya’s fall :p
And I am not going to blame him for that, that’s sure!
(source: RUBLog)
