Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting
Conflicted: A History Podcast
Bull Fighting Is a Cultural Time Capsule, Not a Conservationist Effort
Some officionatos argue that the modern institution of bull fighting is not only a cultural time capsule, but a conservationist endeavor. To even begin to argue against la corita, you must first give up meat for officionatos. But the most intractable defence in support of bullfighting is has an always will be, the honest one. It's fun. It's exciting. It feels good to watch. And deep inside us, desire enters into a secret complicity with the performance. Ernest hemmingway put it more succinctly: 'The moral and ethical value of troglodite or taney can only do what i feel very fine while it is going on'
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