[elcid1970]

Yeah, the purpose of sticking banderillas in is to weaken the bull’s shoulder muscles so it can’t toss the toreador the way the bison did.

Never understood the appeal of public bullslaughter to the Spanish character. Of course, the savagery of the Spanish Civil War made even the Nazis and Soviets blanche in horror.

[ETL]

It’s the same basic mentality of the Romans and the Coloseum, but in modern times.

[Zhang Fei]

[Never understood the appeal of public bullslaughter to the Spanish character.]

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Same as the appeal of high wire acts. Except, unlike bulls, wires don’t actively try to kill you.