THE LAST BULL FIGHT,,,Barcelona bans it

[TOMO 26,073]

yesterday saw the last bullfight in catalonia,,this is the second region after the canneries islands to ban bullfighting.

 

as an outsider looking in it does look cruel,,, however i have watched it quite alot on the telly whilst living in spain and enjoyed it,,,, i better get my finger out and go and watch one live, befor its totaly banned.

 

your views

[Malt 379]

I heard a while back they were banning it there. It's a statement to signify they were different to the rest of Spain, a political move to placate the Catalonian separatists..

[scothunter 12,609]

Its not really for me,but each to there own i wouldnt go out my way to watch it,what gets me is the shit spouted by some folk in the uk.as someone who worked on the killing floor of a slaughter house and we had to stick to strict rules in the killing of livestock.yet on the other hand the same legislation was conviently put aside when it came to halaal meat.so there argument saying "in the uk if animals are to be killed,they are killed humanly.utter bollocks when it comes to the islam shower.

 

if a law concerning the slaughter of animals is to be done with min of stress,then that law should be across the boards,so the welfare of an animal is not as important when it comes to some bullshit religion.

[Simoman 110]

In all honesty i dont like it one bit, im a hunter and dont enjoy baiting an animal outside its natural envorionment with no chance of escape, be interested to know why its being banned?

[Lab 10,979]

Never enjoyed the spears side of things but a man testing his wits against a strong very unhappy beast of a bull would be a real fasinating to watch.....

[scothunter 12,609]

also i read somewhere,that they sever the tendons in its neck,so the beast cant lift its head properly.dont know if this is true or just anti propaganda.

[skycat 6,173]

also i read somewhere,that they sever the tendons in its neck,so the beast cant lift its head properly.dont know if this is true or just anti propaganda.

 

That is true: it is the picadors who repeatedly thrust small spears into the neck to weaken the muscle so that the matador can get in safely to finally kill the bull. I've seen quite a few bullfights when I lived in the South of France, just over the border from Catalonia. Its a weird sort of thing: everything tells me that it is cruel, unjustified etc. But when you actually sit there, watching the men, horses and bulls going through the whole process, there is something awesome and compelling in the spectacle. I couldn't watch the horses getting injured though:made me feel sick. But there is something about the bulls, huge, blundering beasts, though somehow amazing and beautiful. Preprogrammed to obey their instincts, which are manipulated by men.

 

I doubt I could watch one today: I was a lot younger then, in my twenties. Life seems cheaper when you are young.

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Would like to see it once. It doesn't sound overly appealing to me, but I dont know the ins and outs of it so cant possibly judge.

 

It is a tradition, like the many traditions of ours that have been banned, so I would be a hypocrite to say I was against it.

 

FTB

[martync1967 64]

have never liked bull fighting,some guy sticking blades into a bulls spine until it drops and bleeds to death wheres the fun in than?

[FightTheBan 1,147]

have never liked bull fighting,some guy sticking blades into a bulls spine until it drops and bleeds to death wheres the fun in than?

 

 

Have you been to one?

 

Some toffs on a horse chasing a poor old fox untill it's exhausted then 'ripped to shreds by wild dogs'.

 

Sound familiar?

 

FTB

Edited September 26, 2011 by FightTheBan

[Born Hunter 17,763]

I wouldnt turn down an opportunity to see one. Logically it appears an outdated cruel tradition carried on for no reason other than tradition and culture.

 

However, as with hunting, there is a raw beauty behind the cruelty if you are open minded enough to see it...

[Leeview 791]

The ban was brought about by a signed petition(183,000) and gave the politicians very little room to manoeuvre

Y.I.S Leeview

[mackem 26,270]

I watch it on TV maybe once a week,the local bullring to me has closed down,it was part of spanish culture just as foxhunting was part of british culture,but I dont think spanish youth nowadays are interested in it.

[TOMO 26,073]

you been to pamplona,, mackem? ive been through it , just wondered if you had been to the "run"

[mackem 26,270]

Been to Pamplona years ago Tomo,did the bull run though wouldnt be able to do so nowadays,cardio fitness isnt up to it,better is the tomatina fiesta in bunol,the great tomato fight