AlanG wrote:

On Sat, 22 May 2010 17:17:14 -0700 (PDT), Twibil
wrote:

On May 22, 4:19*pm, Robert Coe wrote:


Bah. The only horrific aspect to any of this is that bullfighting
is allowed in any allegedly civilized country. I feel, I guess,
some sympathy for the matador's family, but the matador himself
got no more than he richly deserved.

Gee, I hate to imagine what you think the slaughter-house employee -
who kills several hundred animals every day- "richly deserves".

(Notes for PETA members and other easily-outraged souls: 1.) The
bulls killed in bullfights are butchered and the meat is generally
given to charitable organizations such as orphanages; places that
would seldom see any meat at all otherwise. 2.) Let's say you're a
bull, shall we? Would you like a chance to take one of those
funny-looking guys in the tight suits along with you when you go,
or would you prefer to be hit between the eyes with a sledge hammer
or electrocuted without warning?)

I've seen a bullfight. The bulls are tortured and bled until they are
weakened so the guy with the cape and the swords doesn't risk all that
much. At least in a slaughterhouse the death is quick.

Ask yourself. Would you like your death to consist of being stabbed
with darts and left to bleed until someone sticks a sword into you or
have a quick relatively painless end?

Theory has it (and it is only theory), the bulls are so hyper with
rage, adrenalin and homicidal instinct it does not register the pain.
The bleeding does, however, weaken it considerably and (still enraged)
gets to the point of exhaustion, the adrenalin still acting as an
anesthetic.

MC