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From: aquachimp on 25 Apr 2010 10:09 On Apr 25, 4:06 pm, AlanG <inva...(a)invalid.net> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:27:33 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Dave > > <davidco...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >On Apr 25, 12:18 pm, Holly Buddy <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8642637.stm > > >> hardy fuckin ha! > > >Nice one. > > >A colleague of mine had a good idea about bull fighting. He said he > >wouldn't mind so much if they evened it up a bit and made the matador > >drink a bottle of vodka before going into the ring so he wouldn't know > >which bull to torment. It would be funny too - I think it lacks > >humour in its current "a bunch of cruel bastards mindlessly abusing > >animals" format. > > I've never seen a bullfight until recently. Was on holiday in spain > and got stuck in the hotel room for a few hours while it pissed down > outside. I flicked through the tv channels and spotted a bullfight. > > There is very little bravery in facing a tormented animal that is > weakened and bleeding to death from blades stuck in it. Adding to which, a link within that page is headlined as "Matador aged 11 kills six bulls" but the video shows the "bull" to be about calf sized.
From: James Silverton on 25 Apr 2010 10:19 aquachimp wrote on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:09:08 -0700 (PDT): > On Apr 25, 4:06 pm, AlanG <inva...(a)invalid.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:27:33 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Dave >> >> <davidco...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> On Apr 25, 12:18 pm, Holly Buddy <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8642637.stm >> > >>> hardy fuckin ha! >> > >> Nice one. >> > >> A colleague of mine had a good idea about bull fighting. > >> He said he wouldn't mind so much if they evened it up a > >> bit and made the matador drink a bottle of vodka before > >> going into the ring so he wouldn't know which bull to > >> torment. It would be funny too - I think it lacks humour > >> in its current "a bunch of cruel bastards mindlessly > >> abusing animals" format. >> >> I've never seen a bullfight until recently. Was on holiday in >> spain and got stuck in the hotel room for a few hours while >> it pissed down outside. I flicked through the tv channels and >> spotted a bullfight. >> >> There is very little bravery in facing a tormented animal >> that is weakened and bleeding to death from blades stuck in >> it. I've never seen a bull-fight but, from TV shows, it does seem usually to be rather dangerous for the matador and there is unfortunately a human fascination in watching a real fight to the death. However, the result is usually inevitable and watching a death is rather like the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome. I believe the bull is *not* killed in Portugal and that would seem a better version. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
From: aquachimp on 25 Apr 2010 10:41 On Apr 25, 4:19 pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > aquachimp wrote on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:09:08 -0700 (PDT): > > > > > On Apr 25, 4:06 pm, AlanG <inva...(a)invalid.net> wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:27:33 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Dave > > >> <davidco...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > > >> On Apr 25, 12:18 pm, Holly Buddy <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8642637.stm > > > >>> hardy fuckin ha! > > > >> Nice one. > > > >> A colleague of mine had a good idea about bull fighting. > > >> He said he wouldn't mind so much if they evened it up a > > >> bit and made the matador drink a bottle of vodka before > > >> going into the ring so he wouldn't know which bull to > > >> torment. It would be funny too - I think it lacks humour > > >> in its current "a bunch of cruel bastards mindlessly > > >> abusing animals" format. > > >> I've never seen a bullfight until recently. Was on holiday in > >> spain and got stuck in the hotel room for a few hours while > >> it pissed down outside. I flicked through the tv channels and > >> spotted a bullfight. > > >> There is very little bravery in facing a tormented animal > >> that is weakened and bleeding to death from blades stuck in > >> it. > > I've never seen a bull-fight but, from TV shows, it does seem usually to > be rather dangerous for the matador and there is unfortunately a human > fascination in watching a real fight to the death. However, the result > is usually inevitable and watching a death is rather like the > gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome. I believe the bull is *not* > killed in Portugal and that would seem a better version. > >There's a cat here who will sometimes be on the couch staring at me as I make to leave for work in the mornings; As per usual, I'll give him a last second bit of attention whilst I'm on my way out; This will be responded to by either leaning into my hand to direct the rub to where its needed, or he'll suddenly take a swipe at me. My "job" is not to get caught out by the swipe. Perhaps I should dress up like a matador for just such occasions.
From: Uncle Dave on 25 Apr 2010 11:02 On Apr 25, 1:52 pm, abelard <abela...(a)abelard.org> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:27:33 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Dave > > <davidco...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >On Apr 25, 12:18 pm, Holly Buddy <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8642637.stm > > >> hardy fuckin ha! > > >Nice one. > > >A colleague of mine had a good idea about bull fighting. He said he > >wouldn't mind so much if they evened it up a bit and made the matador > >drink a bottle of vodka before going into the ring so he wouldn't know > >which bull to torment. It would be funny too - I think it lacks > >humour in its current "a bunch of cruel bastards mindlessly abusing > >animals" format. > > are you on the side of the islamofascists as well? So you approve of cruelty to animals then? Looking forward to reinstating hunting and bear baiting are you? UD
From: Uncle Dave on 25 Apr 2010 11:09
On Apr 25, 3:19 pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...(a)verizon.net> wrote: <snip> > > I've never seen a bull-fight but, from TV shows, it does seem usually to > be rather dangerous for the matador Anyone familiar with them will tell you that most bulls are docile and won't hurt a fly. They get a bad press and different breeds do behave differently, but I used to happily walk alongside them as a kid being born and raised on a farm. One particulr one - a cuddly Hereford - insisted on going in to the milking shed with the cows, so he could get some feed. It was quite funny. I have met a few big buggers in my time but, make no mistake, there is nothing brave about facing a dumb animal who has no idea about what is going to happen. Any human with their wits about them would survive a bullfight, though few are so cowardly as to kill such a magnificent animal in ruthless cold blood for the perverse enjoyment of others. UD |