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Bull charges bullfight spectators (Mexico)
BBC ^ | Monday, 30 January 2006

Posted on 01/30/2006 12:40:26 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

Bull charges bullfight spectators

People at a Mexican bullfighting ring try to stop a bull after it jumped into the stands

At least two people are being treated in hospital in Mexico City after a bull leapt into a crowd during a bullfight.

The half-ton bull - named Parajito or Little Bird - breached the safety barrier and landed on the fans.

The rampage ended when a fight participant entered the stand and killed the animal with his sword.

Mexico City's bullring was built 60 years ago and is one of the biggest in the world, with a capacity of 48,000.

Television images of the bullfight showed the beast jump over the heads of journalists and into the most expensive seats at the capital's vast ring.

One woman spectator received a six-inch (15-cm) gash in her chest.

The bullfight resumed 30 minutes after the incident. Little Bird is the first bull in the ring's history to jump into the crowd.




TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
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To: Safetgiver

"For temperment, I like the cow best."

Me Too!

:0)


61 posted on 01/30/2006 1:29:15 PM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: The Dude Abides

I work around the dregs and forgotten....dying and abused.

Trust me, I know what I'm missing ;)


62 posted on 01/30/2006 1:30:19 PM PST by najida (Some days I meltdown faster than chocolate.)
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To: najida
While I strongly believe in the rights of the individual, I think those who find these 'sports' enjoyable are, erm, Sick..... And not someone I want to be around.

Amen.

I do not think these 'sports' should be legal since the animal has no say so in them.

They are simply cruel animal abuse.

63 posted on 01/30/2006 1:30:19 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Gal. 4:16)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I think it's terrible what they do to bulls, and I hate it and wish they wouldn't do it, but...

What I'm talking about was a show about bullfighting I saw once a long time ago. The matador failed to kill the bull, and the bull charged him and split his neck open with its horn.

The matador was being being taken away on a stretcher with his neck split open, his eyes wide, he was going into shock and blood was gushing everywhere. It was horrific. Sure, the matador probably had it coming, but I can't help but feel some compassion for someone injured so badly.

And the PETA person was acting glad that it happened, and that the matador clearly deserved to die.


64 posted on 01/30/2006 1:30:49 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

okay... I guess I'd treat the guy...

But I'd free the bull that clearly won. :~D


65 posted on 01/30/2006 1:33:51 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Publius6961; najida

One does not have to be a vegan to think that it's "sick" to enjoy animal torture, which is what bullfighting is, IMO.


66 posted on 01/30/2006 1:34:14 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Bullfighting. I'm not a fan.

IMHO, they should have given that bull a medal for that jump and let him retire in style.


67 posted on 01/30/2006 1:34:21 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: najida
I guess the last thing I'll say on the topic is that bull fights mean quite alot when you live in a place where poor and violent people walk out their doors everyday much closer to death than you (i.e. poor people in Colombia). There is more allegory to the whole affair.

If I'm sick, maybe I should see a doctor. I'm afraid of what else he might find.
68 posted on 01/30/2006 1:37:20 PM PST by The Dude Abides (Who wants some?)
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To: Calpernia

OMG,

Ping to me!


69 posted on 01/30/2006 1:38:21 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

You shouldn't ping yourself... you'll go blind :~D


70 posted on 01/30/2006 1:40:53 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree

Agreed.


71 posted on 01/30/2006 1:41:11 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: The Dude Abides

I've heard the justification before, lots of times....
You all think it's cool and so are you....

Whatever,
I can recommend several very good forensic docs ;)


72 posted on 01/30/2006 1:41:32 PM PST by najida (Some days I meltdown faster than chocolate.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Bull charges bullfight spectators

Dang, I pay at the ticket window, then I gotta pay the bull too? Well, I guess I ain't gonna argue.

73 posted on 01/30/2006 1:42:52 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: HairOfTheDog
You want to do it right?
Go for it like the Minoan's did.

Bulljumping

It gives the bulls the chance to get you back.

74 posted on 01/30/2006 1:44:25 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: najida

While I strongly believe in the rights of the individual,
I think those who find these 'sports' enjoyable are,
erm,

Sick.....



Ever attended one?


75 posted on 01/30/2006 2:03:31 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
the bull has a fair chance of goring the crap out of the bullfighter.

No, it doesn't. They maim the bull before the matador gets in the ring with it. Note the barbed spears hanging from the animal's neck.

76 posted on 01/30/2006 2:04:35 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Beelzebubba

I've seen bullfights on TV.

I've seen dogs post-fight that had to be put down.

And I've been chased more than once by a pissy rooster with full spurs....does that count?


77 posted on 01/30/2006 2:05:57 PM PST by najida (Some days I meltdown faster than chocolate.)
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To: fortheDeclaration
I do not think these 'sports' should be legal since the animal has no say so in them.

They are simply cruel animal abuse.


You are comfortable with animals being killed without a ritual that honors them, but want to have the government put people in jail for killing an animal in a ritual that brings viewers pleasure.

(If you don't like it, change the channel. And I'll bet you have never actually attended one.)
78 posted on 01/30/2006 2:08:36 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Just another Joe

It gives the bulls the chance to get you back.



If you think that the bulls don't have a chance to injure or kill the Matador, you have never attended a bullfight.


79 posted on 01/30/2006 2:11:03 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: PAR35
the bull has a fair chance of goring the crap out of the bullfighter.

No, it doesn't. They maim the bull before the matador gets in the ring with it. Note the barbed spears hanging from the animal's neck.


actually, the only thing they do prior to putting the bull into the ring, is to give it a superficial flesh wound, which is intended to merely make the bowl mad.

The barbed spears are inserted by bullfighters while this angry bull is in the ring.
80 posted on 01/30/2006 2:14:06 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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