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The stuff that you constantly spew as authoritative fact is unbelievable. Have you ever seen a bullfight?
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I should have pharsed that better i know...i meant before they fight.
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And Jacob, I suppose your definition of torture must be warped, if you don't call slashing up an animal when it has no chance in the first place torture, I would love to hear you elaborate on that.
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Yeah, right... Do you know how they prepare the bulls for the fights? They put grease on the bulls' eyes so they couldn't see properly, stuff their ears with wet paper, cut off the tips of their horns, stuck a long needle to the bulls' genitals and hit them on the back around the area, where the kidneys are with heavy sand bags.
Then they go to the arena, where "the picadors" first stab sharp spears and "banderillas" onto their back and neck. (the picadors ride horses and they've cut their horses' voice tendons so that the crowd wouldn't hear them screaming of suffering, if the bulls try to defend themselves and attack the horses...)
When the great matador arrives to the arena, the bull is already very week form all the suffering and bleeding. Then the matador stabs his sword on the bulls back a few times and people in the audience cheer for this incredibly brave man... Finally the matador cuts off the bull's ears and tail as a sign of victory and they drag it off the arena. The bull is usually still alive at this point...
Isn't this torturing to you?
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Thats torturing...its also against the whole point of Bullfighting. The point of it is to beat a animal using intelligence, dexterity and wit. Cunning over brute force and such. The above would/has not ever happened not in the nobler stadiums at least. Maybe when the Matadors were training but not with experts who...toy with the Bulls on foot with the red cape, only after the crowd are getting bored of that do they then start to stab the bulls. I have watched a few Bullfights and i did find it quite sick but also entertaining, also, they did not do what you stated. The entire history of Bullfights was for the sheer adrenaline rush, life and death and such. Doing all of that to a Bull isn't exactly going to be exiting for the Matador is it? And anyway, were is your proof that all of this happens? I have seen Bullfighters killed in the ring...a Bull would not be able to do that would it with the stuff happening to it before hand. And also, that is the only time when the other Matadors and horse riding ones came into the ring, and even then they didn't kill it. They just got a new Matador in to fight. Dont get me wrong, it is cruel but it is Spanish tradition. It isn't something new, it comes from the times of somewere between 711-1492 A.D. And they do consider it a noble animal and brave, they do honour the Bull. I have forgot to mention a few things...but no doubt you will bring them up.
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4. Why on earth would you like to take part on a bull run?
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Exitement.