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...Madrid, it was with full enthusiasm that I bought tickets to a bullfight. After all, I came abroad to learn about Spanish culture, and what’s more Spanish than a bullfight? I’d read enough Hemingway to find the stone ring and the matadors’ colorful costumes—in short, the whole experience—dazzling and awe-inspiring. (Sentences such as, “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter?...
...some ways, bullfighting bulls have it better. “Brand-name” bull ranches have sometimes been in the family for generations, and breeders take great pride in raising strong, fierce bulls . The animals range free in pastures until they are grown. Since bulls to be fought by beginners are supposed to be at least three years old, and those fought by full matadors at least four, “grown” means at least a full year longer in Spain than it does in the U.S. During the bullfight itself, which usually lasts about 15 minutes...
...with disappointment in myself and in homo sapiens in general that I walked out of the bullfighting ring. What in human nature makes us want to turn death into sport? Death is, as we all know, a part of life. But it’s one that would ideally be met with acceptance and reverence—and there’s something carnival-like about the atmosphere of a bullfight that comes across stronger than any reverence the matador may feel toward the bull...
...atmosphere was very much that of a bullfight: once the contestants were released onto the course, nobody was quite sure what they would do. (For the record, every vehicle comes with a remote-control kill switch, which sits in the sweaty palms of a DARPA employee in a chase car.) The autobots moved slowly and haltingly, their computer brains thrashing furiously to interpret incoming visual data. But like polite student drivers, they stopped at every stop sign and signaled before every turn...
Although the Government seems divided over the issue, Narbona certainly speaks to a growing sentiment within Spain. According to a Gallup poll, only 8% of Spaniards consider themselves bullfighting fans, But the end of bullfighting as we know may not be around the corner. If anything, its appeal may be growing beyond Spain's borders. Many South American and other European countries like Portugal and France maintain a vibrant bullfighting tradition - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former Socialist candidate Segolene Royal fancy the sport. Moreover, bullfighting has also been exported to places like China, as well as Armenia and South...