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In reply to the discussion: American joins in with tormenting bulls. gets gored [View all]cwydro
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Stupid fool.
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Can blame both the Spanish and the idiots who put themselves in this danger and join in the torment
HERVEPA
Feb 2015
#126
I blame the organizers and the participants. Tourism to the event helps keep in going
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2015
#153
the whole point of these "run with thebulls" events is to dare them to horn u in the ass
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2015
#158
No, they're enjoying it..Glad to.see how few recs this mean spirited thread has gotten, though.
whathehell
Feb 2015
#121
Hey, I'm not the one who went tearing about around a lot of angry bulls, thinking
Aristus
Feb 2015
#123
Right -- Now tell me you never did a stupid thing when you were 20 years old.
whathehell
Feb 2015
#124
Perfect! The matador that faces that deadly auroch will look all the more heroic
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#21
You do understand that the bull is being run into the bullring for his final "act"...
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#33
I visited Pamplona in 2008. I was surprised at how beautiful and lovely a town it was.
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#36
I was in Pamplona during a trip to northern Spain and remember hearing a guide tell us about
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#91
we of course don't know what the bull is experiencing at that moment...perhaps it
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#48
Yep. I agree. We don't have to go along with the Spanish fantasy...it causes so much
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#109
If YOU can't understand that my objection isn't to stopping animal cruelty,
whathehell
Feb 2015
#150
If you read my other posts, you'd see I responded to this point awhile back..
whathehell
Feb 2015
#151
I didn't know that -- I AM against the torturous bullfighting you describe,
whathehell
Feb 2015
#103
he received excellent medical care as soon as was possible, while the bull was driven to the local..
LanternWaste
Feb 2015
#87
Wow--you really got the shorthorns. If a pun gets no replies....is it still herd? nt
msanthrope
Feb 2015
#81
If I get gored during voluntary participation in an idiotic tradition of animal exploitation
Orrex
Feb 2015
#74
I have little compassion for people who find entertainment in tormenting animals for entertainment.
LanternWaste
Feb 2015
#89
Yes, you who eat meat do torture animals just as brutally as any matador.
Hell Hath No Fury
Feb 2015
#140
I totally agree this event is barbaric (as is bull fighting) and should stop. However,
Arugula Latte
Feb 2015
#125
I hope the bull taught you kids not to torture animals of any kind any more.
Jamastiene
Feb 2015
#98
That wasn't the subject of the post. And I did knock them in a post in this thread.
HERVEPA
Feb 2015
#148
Kicking for the puns...#56 and on ... gallows humor and all, but funny as all get out.
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#127