Darth Vader Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 The trouble with bull fighting is it's always in the matalan's favour. Take for instance this , as soon as the bull starts to win, the matalan's mates get involved. That's never fair. I never realised matalan were involved. Have they used my pound to sponsor this cruelty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradescanthia Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Spain has bullfighting, we have got Britains got Talent. More cruelty to dumb animals under a different guise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxforcefive Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's a complete win win for the matador, yet the crowd seems to treat them like some kind of rock legend It wouldn't be so bad if the bull got a fighting chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttygirl Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 The trouble with bull fighting is it's always in the matalan's favour. Take for instance this , as soon as the bull starts to win, the matalan's mates get involved. That's never fair. I think you meant to say the matador (Matalan is a clothing shop!). The matador's 'mates' are his support team who pass him his cape/sword etc. They are each known as a 'banderillo' (literally 'a person who holds the banderillas'). A banderilla is the colourful spear that is placed into a bull's shoulders to alter its inclinations to steer right/left, and to lower its head ready for the 'estocada' (the thrust of the sword) at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttygirl Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's a complete win win for the matador, yet the crowd seems to treat them like some kind of rock legend . Bullfighting is pretty much almost as popular as football in Spain. Good bullfighters such as 'El Fandi' are as popular as Beckham is over here. Their love-life etc is often in the Spanish equivalent of 'Heat'. Also, the cheers are for the STYLE of the passing of the cape, the technique of the banderilla-placing and much more. If a matador takes too long, or fails to kill the bull 'cleanly' (ie in one sword thrust to the heart), then he is seen as a failure and is not cheered for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Genital mutilation and child molestation are also part of certain cultures - it doesn't make it respectable. You can't compare these with bullfighting. Not in the same ball park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
websters gue Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I've travelled widely in Spain over the last ten years and have never had the remotest desire to see a bullfight.In my opinion the vast majority of Spaniards,particularly the younger generation view it as something for the amusement of their uncouth fellow citizens,hot-blooded southerners and daft tourists.I think this view is severely undermining a key argument held by the bull fighting lobby:that the bullfight is quintessential to Spanishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Take the bull by the horns and grasp the nettle. Oh hang on, if you haver the bull by the horns how can you grasp the nettle..................... i'm confused.com A nice Yes Prime Minister quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's a complete win win for the matador, yet the crowd seems to treat them like some kind of rock legend It wouldn't be so bad if the bull got a fighting chance. You mean that rock legends are treated like some kind of matador, of course. Bull fighting pre-dates rock music by some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasilRathbon Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 You mean that rock legends are treated like some kind of matador, of course. Bull fighting pre-dates rock music by some way. I wonder why no-one's thougth of combining the two? Imagine the delight of the crowd on seeing Mick Hucknall suddenly being gored to death by a bull halfway through singing "Holding Back The Years"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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