Defence of bullfighting.
Posted by joangg154 on April 26, 2007
One of your batxillerat schoolmates, Álvaro González from 1B, has just published an interesting article in today’s Costa Levante newspaper. What do you think about it? Do you agree? You can comment on it here, or even better, write to the newspaper! Read it here:
Marc Rubio said
A clueless teenager defending corrida, really? Álvaro González’s opinion matters little, as he has shown the knowledge of a monkey on the matter. Using his logic, we as a nation should bring back slavery as well, as our forefathers “had them many years ago.” While we’re at it, why not bring back up other idiotic things we as a nation collectively have done in the past due to it being “tradition?” I sincerely hope for Álvaro’s sake that he shows more reasoning and argumentation ability in the future, because as it stands, the premises behind his ultimate conclusion are ludicrous. Basically he defends bullfighting because of two reasons: “we had them many years ago” and “it’s tradition.” Wow. His stance will be moot in a few years anyway, as it has been shown that the overwhelming majority of younger people in our beloved land have little to no interest in the “sport.”
michelmichaeljohn said
Bullfighting: The most ‘indefensible’ type of ‘animal abuse.’
Bullfighting is not a ‘fight’ at all, but a systematic ‘torture-killing’ that pits a gang of armed thugs wielding ‘razor-sharp’ barbed spikes, spears, swords and daggers (these weapons are designed to ‘inflict intense pain and cause blood loss’ to weaken the animal) against a lone, terrified; confused; ‘fatally’ disabled and wounded animal.
It’s a ‘sickening’ economic industry based on HORRIFYING victimization; sadistic abuse; extreme cruelty and ‘mutilation and torture’ of bulls (and horses) during the cruel exhibitions of ‘bullfights’ (which are ‘blood’ fiestas): “GRAPHIC — Bullfighting Cruelty and Cowardice Exposed”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3WvFaG2j8E
Handlers weaken the bull for days before the bullfight. They put laxatives in his food and heavy sandbags on his back. They file his horns down to the tender quick; they blind and drug him; they stuff his ears so that he cannot ‘hear’; they stuff his nostrils so that he cannot ‘breath’. In the ring, they drive ‘razor-sharp’ lances into his back and neck muscles so he can’t lift his head. By the time the matador appears, the bull is weak from blood loss and dizzy from being chased in circles.
The horses used in bullfights are old and drugged. Wet newspaper is stuffed in their ears and their vocal cords are cut so the audience will not hear their cries. They wear long blankets to hide their entrails, which spill out when they are ‘gored and disemboweled’ by the ‘deceived; tortured; agonizing’ bull.
It’s no fun to see an innocent, crazed animal ‘tortured’ before a screaming crowd of people, who should be hanging their heads in shame. Even if you leave after 15 to 20 minutes, the damage has been done – your money has gone to support this ‘hellish business,’ which ‘decent people’ are working to ‘end.’
The continuation of bullfighting depends on ‘government subsidies’ and the ‘tourist industry.’
Don’t be an accomplice to this ‘savagery’ by supporting it with your ‘tourist dollars.’
Please help these ‘suffering’ animals – ‘STAY AWAY FROM BULLFIGHTS; speak out against them and DEMAND that they be “ABOLISHED.”
Michel Michaeljohn; California; United States.