Some of you on this site are full-on retarded. This is a culture, if you didn’t grow up in the country and didn’t grow up around this stuff - buy yourself a giant cup of STFU.
Women, young women, have done rodeo for decades. Long before the feministas. Everyone who does rodeo knows the risks and what could happen - and that’s why they do it. For the thrill and many other reasons. Sorry if you don’t get it.
And for the baby boomers, you were this age once and you did dangerous things too and you know it. It was OK then, but just because you’re now pushing retirement doesn’t mean anyone under 50 needs a diaper and be spoonfed 3 meals a day. It just means you’re old. She was plenty old enough to do this stuff. It may not seem like it from your perspective, but your perspective doesn’t necessarily count for beans in the eternal sands of time.
It’s tragic she died, but more than likely she knew what she was doing and made the choice to take on the risks. I respect her taking the risk and living the way she wanted, as anyone who grew up in the country and around this stuff naturally would. It’s the old West philosophy - dieing with your boots on - which is supposedly celebrated around here. It’s sad but it was her choice.
Women, young women, have done rodeo for decades. Long before the feministas. Everyone who does rodeo knows the risks and what could happen - and that’s why they do it. For the thrill and many other reasons. Sorry if you don’t get it.
And for the baby boomers, you were this age once and you did dangerous things too and you know it. It was OK then, but just because you’re now pushing retirement doesn’t mean anyone under 50 needs a diaper and be spoonfed 3 meals a day. It just means you’re old. She was plenty old enough to do this stuff. It may not seem like it from your perspective, but your perspective doesn’t necessarily count for beans in the eternal sands of time.
It’s tragic she died, but more than likely she knew what she was doing and made the choice to take on the risks. I respect her taking the risk and living the way she wanted, as anyone who grew up in the country and around this stuff naturally would. It’s the old West philosophy - dieing with your boots on - which is supposedly celebrated around here. It’s sad but it was her choice.
I second that.
Bravo! Well said. When I was 13 we lived near Ft Worth and
every weekend practically there was a youth rodeo somewhere.
One of my classmates was the champion at bull dogging and she was a
13 year old girl. I’m 69 now and cannot believe how wimpy some of the people have become. This is an accident. We have no idea how many times she rode without being hurt.
I'm sure many would consider me retarded, deluded, a throwback, etc for believing its just foolish for a 16 year old girl, no matter how talented, to attempt to ride a 1800 pound raging bull.
And I'm OK with it. Thats just the way things are these days.
I love rodeo. Have nothign against it. But I don’t remember bullriding as being a rodeo sport that girls took part in. So my hesitation of saying it is just wonderful she was a bull rider is not anti rodeo it is just maybe, just maybe girls are not suited for some aspects of the sport.
Very true. In fact, women have ridden bulls and roped cows from the late 1800’s onward.
Exactly!
Well, I grew up around horses and cattle. I used to ride and train and break horses. To me horses were for riding and cattle were for eating.
We considered a horse useless til it was broken for the saddle or the harness or breeding stock. Bucking horses and bucking bulls are for competition cowboys. Such is a dangerous lifestyle because these animals are purposely bred and trained to throw the rider. Its akin to crashing cars on purpose. If people want to do it is fine with me but its not what I call an "intelligent" profession.
And before that knee jerks ask yourself if those who have died doing it would like a second chance on making the decision to mount the animal they rode when they were killed knowing the outcome.