gj Michelob -> RE: The Bullfight Bloody "UPSET" (May 22 2014 18:47:55)
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quote: Well, at least sometimes, as here, the Bull upsets the odds and wins I am surprised to read such a stupid commentary from an intelligent person. The Corrida de Toros is correctly translated as a running of the bulls. It is NOT a bullfight, which is a bad translation between cultures. This is a ritual: the bull is intended to die. I would regard anyone who takes pleasure from what happened to Juan Mora as a sub human species. I feel privileged that I had, as a child, the opportunity to attend a Corrida, in Barcelona. I respect the spectacular folklore of this ancient tradition, as part of great culture. However, I remember how the clamor of the crowd was silenced by daunting moments of ritualistic violence which remain vivid and shocking in my memory. I would never applaud as a man falls injured, but I cannot equally applaud the gratuitous violence inflicted on any living being, such as –in this instance- a bull. My post was in reply to ToddK, adding to one of a few threads on the subject. May I recommend you carefully read first -the thread and the Independent article- and then calmly place all words in context, before your judge. The hasty conclusions you drew here are a dash too emotional and rushed, and may unjustly offend. Saint Augustine, in his "City Of God" [where he argues against the Roman's position that Christians destroyed the honorable values of Rome] makes the example of Gladiators. After killing his opponent, the Gladiator removes his victim's mask, and realizes he is his own son. The father weeps, and so does the crowd. The author, rhetorically asks, how distant a kin does he need to be for you to stop weeping and begin cheering?
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