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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: 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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To: PAR35

Yes, I have seen those. They are far from "maiming" it and barely pierce the flesh. Those barbed mini-spears are mainly to show the prowess of the matador, ie that he can get close without being hurt.


96 posted on 01/30/2006 3:30:08 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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