Barcelona Votes to Outlaw Bullfighting | The Scotsman

patriotvoice

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Barcelona Votes to Outlaw Bullfighting | The Scotsman

Barcelona council passed a resolution today condemning bullfighting and declaring the city as Spain�s first to oppose the once national sport.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2747872

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Cocoa

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:19 PM
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1. that just lets the bulls win

cowardly Spaniards, Paul Wolfowitz will be disappointed in them.

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THUNDER HANDS

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:21 PM
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2. awesome

Although, to be fair, the bulls sometimes wind up getting the matador, but I'd hardly call bullfighting a sport.

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RebelOne

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:44 PM
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5. Yes, I have seen that happen.

Before the time when I became an animal rights advocate, I went to a bull fight in Mexico City. Well, the bull got the matador in place where it could have changed his voice to soprano. But I was shouting "Ole!" for the bull.

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htuttle

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:21 PM
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3. But what about the TRUE Spanish atrocity?

The La Tomatina Valencia Tomato Festival:

Oh, the humanity!

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glitch

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:38 PM
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4. Barcelona:

:yourock:

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klook

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:45 PM
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6. Ferdinand Lives!

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shance

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Tue Apr-06-04 02:46 PM
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7. YAY!**** I can go to Espana now.

I have never been to Spain and vowed I would never go until they outlawed this incredibly cruel and lame excuse for a sport.

And now, I can. :)

Viva la Espana!

Muchas gracias para su intelligencia, y quiza un poco de su listo lo vas a resonar con nosotros aqui en los Estados Unidos!

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samsingh

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:00 PM
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yes - that is good

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samsingh

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:00 PM
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8. yes - that is good

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Stargleamer

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:09 PM
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9. Yippee!!!

Now if they could get rid of the run with the bulls or whatever it's called too...

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joeybee12

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:12 PM
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10. People in Barcelona have always seen bullfighting as an atrocity...

...they tend to look down on Madrid because of that city's love of this so-called sport. I love Barcelona even more now because of this.

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SOS

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:18 PM
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11. At last...

some good news! It's been a while...

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Judi Lynn

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:22 PM
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12. BIG step forward. Thank goodness. Thank you, patriotvoice. n/t

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Coventina

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:41 PM
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13. THANK GODDESS!!!!!!

Bullfighting has always enraged me.

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Apr-06-04 03:57 PM
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14. it's not a sport

It's an art. Do I condone it? No, but I am not culturally arrogant either. Barcelonans are Catalonian in identity more than Castilian, culturally, so it wasn't that much of a stretch to take this measure.

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MasonJar

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Tue Apr-06-04 08:04 PM
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15. Wow! I am so excited. I went to one as a 21 year old on a trip to

Europe (it was part of the package.) I was so appalled that I was almost physically ill by the end. Otherwise I love Spain, especially Barcelona.

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leesa

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Tue Apr-06-04 08:44 PM
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16. Good for Barcelona. Time to put that cruel "sport" to rest

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many a good man

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Tue Apr-06-04 08:46 PM
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17. Never that popular in Catalonia in the first place

The Plaza de Toros in Barcelona never got more than half full any way...and half of those present were British or American tourists. Most of the rest were Andalusian temporary workers.

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