[Leica] elmarit 135 BULL FIGHTING!

[ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben)]

Sometimes culture is strange - Bullfighting should have been banned long 
time ago - we have animal activists burning down farms because chickens are 
not allowed more than 1 sq feet room in their cage - in the same time 
tourists can watch bulls being totured to death in the arena - because we 
can not forbid something that is so much part of a countrys tradition and 
culture - This is in no way an anti spanish/french or portuguise remark - 
just a reflection :-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] elmarit 135 BULL FIGHTING!


> Ruben said:
>>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] elmarit 135 BULL FIGHTING!
>
>
>>I would like to see #4 :-) or did that get all messy for the matador ?<,
>
> Naw those guys are pretty fleet of foot and get away so often it's amazing 
> they don't get klled every Sunday at the fights., ;-)
>
> I've shot bull fighting in Spain while on assignment in Toledo, couple of 
> times in Mexico. And I've only seen one of them get knocked down, but not 
> hurt.
>
> I don't mind the Matador getting whacked on occasion as that goers with 
> being an idiot doing this.
>
> What bothered me were the horses when one was gored even though they wear 
> heavy padding. The bull sometimes get's under the padding and into the 
> horses gut. Then it's game over for the horse.
>
> ted
>
>
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