Crazy Bullfighters.

Seriously, tho. I don't see how this is a sport.. You sit and watch a guy dodge and torture an animal..

You're right! I'd much rather watch people brutally beating each other senseless! ... -.-

Bullfighting outline
Spain has always been famous for its bull-fights which are undergoing a new lease of life with a great increase in interest. In Spain the bullfight is called the Fiesta Nacional (The national Sport).

There are few places in Spain where a bull-ring can't be found within a short drive. It is the most common thing associated with Spain, and rightly so for its origins date back to 711AD when the first bullfight (corrida) took place in honour of the crowning of King Alfons VIII. Every week, all over Spain, many thousands of Spaniards flock to the nearest bullring, but not all Spaniards agree with the sport, or like it.

It is reported that each year, within Spain, 24,000 bulls are killed in front of an audience of 30 million people. The bullfighting season runs from March to October. Bullfighting was originally done on horseback and was a sport reserved for the aristocracy.


This changed when Felipe V prohibited the nobles from practicing the sport as he felt it was a bad example for the public's education. From then on the commoners took on the sport, facing the bulls unarmed, dodging and taunting the bull then eventually placing small spears into the bull, the origin of the banderillas of today's bullfights. Around 1724 the sport was transformed from horseback to foot.

The bullfight is literally a dance with death.

The bullfighter has to carefully examine and study the movements and strengths of the bull. One wrong move and he will end up gored or seriously injured.


Bullfight

It is certain though that at the end of the show, the bull will die, yes, it is literally a show. The bullfighter has to demonstrate his skills to the audience in a dramatic and enthusiastic way. If he makes a good job of it and gets a good round of applause at the end he could be bestowed the ultimate honour by being presented with one of the bull's ears or its tail.

If he has been really good he may even be carried round the arena. One variation of the traditional bullfight is bull-running where bulls are released into the streets and masses of participants do their best to avoid them and stay alive. Pamplona is the best place to see this.

HOLY ***!!!! I thought that was a moustache and was about to give him some mad props, but it's the bull's horn going through is throat!!!! SICK

Right.. Violence is like sex.

Human Animal = No, just wrong.

Human Human = I fap to this.

I only agree to the point of fully domesticated animals. Everything else is, more or less, natural selection. Hunting, trapping, and fishing are sports, too. I'm probably just jaded.

My mother comes from a farming family, my father comes from a shooting family, so we're all pretty non-plussed when it comes to killing animals for a reason. Hunting for food, putting sick animals down, pest/vermin control, that sort of thing, all fine. Hunting for "sport" and this sort of thing? Nah, ***is barbaric. Actually I know of people that "hunt" animals but don't kill them. They take joy in being in the wild and tracking a wild animal, pointing a gun and pulling the trigger is the easy part that they only do if they want the meat.

Well same thing really, the people I'm talking about don't normally take photos, they just do it for their own amusement. Either way, we're on the same page here :p

Sy Parrish: According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was originally a hunting term.

I guess its a good thing none of you are from spain nor appreciate the cultural heritage but are obviously experts on it

Cause you have to be from Spain to understand it obviously.