THE ART OF WAR: Man vs. Bull

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:10 pm

So that's a Matador!?

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:49 am

A terrible tragedy, but people who enjoy watching an animal get tortured and killed deserve to see the video.

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:28 am

Karma can be a bitch.

No tears for him shed here.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:30 am

And in the annual Running Of The Idiots:

Pamplona Bull-Running Festival: 3 Americans, 1 Canadian Gored

by Alexander Smith and F. Brinley Bruton

Started like this:

Ended like this:

Three Americans and one Canadian were gored by bulls Friday during a chaotic day at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, officials said.

They were among seven men — six of them foreigners — who were gored during a second day of bull running at the annual event in northern Spain.

A 23-year-old Californian and a 55-year-old, whose home state was not given, were left with non-serious injuries under their left leg and left arm respectively, Spain's Navarra regional government said.

A third American, a 46-year-old man from Pensacola, Florida, was gored in the groin and his condition was described as "mild," officials said.[I'm trying to imagine how one could be "gored in the groin" in a way that would be "mild"... ]

Less fortunate was a 46-year-old Canadian man who was left in a serious condition after being gored in the left side of his scrotum, receiving a four-inch wound that also injured his rectum.[now that's gotta hurt...]

Among others gored were a 58-year-old Spaniard and a 73-year-old South African were listed in a serious condition, and 26-year-old Indian, whose condition was described as less serious.[humorous, perhaps]

Eight others were hospitalized for various other injuries. [Like the brain damage that would have led them to participate in this in the first place.... ]

Friday's 8 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) run descended into chaos after several bulls — each weighing up to 1,430 pounds, according to The Associated Press — broke away from the pack and began charging at random. [Wow...who could possibly have seen that coming...]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pampl ... ed-n605956

This has got to be the single most idiotic activity ever devised by the mind of man...

(Except of course for climbing up the side of a cliff with a baby strapped to your back...

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Gob · Post by **Gob** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:48 am

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:49 am

Macho, Macho Man:

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:24 pm

Fucking brutal and idiotic spectacle that REALLY needs to end!!!

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:31 pm

BoSoxGal wrote:Fucking brutal and idiotic spectacle that REALLY needs to end!!!

Which one? Bullfighting, the running of the bulls, or disco dancing?

-"BB"-

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:40 pm

This should make Gob's day

MGMcAnick · Post by **MGMcAnick** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:25 pm

RayThom wrote:So that's a Matador!?

No-no! That's a Matador!
http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/upl ... -640-0.jpg

Thanks for reminding me of AMC's ridiculous advertising campaign.

My stepfather had a Barcelona coupe with the Oleg Cassini designed interior that was nearly identical to the one pictured when my mom decided he needed to quit driving. In reality, she waited too long. She sold it to a neighbor who gave it to his granddaughters for their school car. My BIL, whose first cousin was their mother, reported that the girls said that it would do an honest 120 MPH on the back roads to and from school. They pretty well ruined it in a couple of years. No AMC should be expected to endure that sort of torture on a daily basis.

oldr_n_wsr · Post by **oldr_n_wsr** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:02 pm

I think they should have the running of the bulls, but not the bull slaughter fights after that.

But I did read of a matador being gored (and killed) by a bull today. First matador death since the mid 1980's.

Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio killed in Teruel bullring

Fight in which matador, 29, died was being shown live on television while Saturday bull runs result in one death and several injuries

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... na-bullrun

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:33 am

Yeah oldr - that's the first post in this thread

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:28 am

MGMcAnick wrote:... Thanks for reminding me of AMC's ridiculous advertising campaign...

That's you father's Matador... this IS a Matador:

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 3:54 am

Killing matadors isn’t cruel it’s part of our culture, claim Spanish bulls

oldr_n_wsr · Post by **oldr_n_wsr** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:25 pm

MajGenl.Meade wrote:Yeah oldr - that's the first post in this thread

I do suffer from CRS.

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:41 am

The running of the bulls endangers the animals so I think that should go along with the bullfights.

Long live disco dancing!

Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:54 am

But it also endangers the people so it's equal opportunity

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:22 pm

NO, because the animals HAVE NO CHOICE!

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:48 am

That's not true. They always ask the young bulls - "Do you want to run? If not, just say 'no' OK?"

MGMcAnick · Post by **MGMcAnick** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:47 am

MajGenl.Meade wrote:That's not true. They always ask the young bulls - "Do you want to run? If not, just say 'no' OK?"

I think it's more like "Do you want to run or get zapped with this electric prod? If not, just stand there. BZZZZZT!"

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