Bullfighting - a cruel and murderous Spanish tradition

[anhedonia]

If you must know:

A recent survey of public opinion in Spain, published in the newspaper La Vanguardia, revealed that 86% of people have no interest in bullfighting, and 12.9% consider themselves to be bullfighting enthusiasts or 'aficionados'.

Source: http://www.wspa-international.org/news/archive/oldnews32.html

 

[Jan]

Originally posted by Jan
On this site is a list of "famous" bulls. Many bullfighters HAVE been killed over time. Indeed a dangerous sport !

http://members.tripod.com/circle_of_sand/toros.html

Sheesh, I had to go back to page 6 to find this :confused2

 

[anhedonia]

Yes, but did you notice the dates are 1920, 1947, 1922, 1940, 1857, 1887 and so on? The latest seems to be 1985. Obviously bullfighting has changed into a murderous sport since then.

 

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by +chips
Yes, but did you notice the dates are 1920, 1947, 1922, 1940, 1857, 1887 and so on? The latest seems to be 1985. Obviously bullfighting has changed into a murderous sport since then.

Technically it was a murderous sport all along.

 

[shizzle]

I don't aprove of calling the killing of animals "murder". You can call it whatever you want, just not that one word...murder.

 

[Giancarlo]

I don't approve of that either.

 

[cheatpark]

So killing a human isn't murder?

 

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cheatpark
So killing a human isn't murder?

Where the ---- did you get that from? I said killing animals was not murder.

 

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


Where the ---- did you get that from? I said killing animals was not murder.

I know but thats what it seems like from the other perspective.

 

[meow]

Let's call it zooicide.

 

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cheatpark

I know but thats what it seems like from the other perspective.

Uh huh.

 

[anhedonia]

Originally posted by Ragzz
I don't aprove of calling the killing of animals "murder". You can call it whatever you want, just not that one word...murder.

*consults dictionary*

Murder: To kill brutally or inhumanly.

Gosh, isn't it weird? Killing an animal couldn't possibly be murder!

No offense, but that was a really dumb comment to make.