Comments on: Hockey Of The Bulls http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/ Occasional News, Insights, Rants, and Other Miscellaneous Stuff Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Swartwood http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-449 Robert Swartwood Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:39:53 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-449 Ah, finally putting that Harvard education to work ;-) Ah, finally putting that Harvard education to work ;-)

]]> By: Ben White http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-448 Ben White Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:33:22 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-448 Bullfighting always refers to the Spanish sport that involves slowly bloodletting and killing a bull while wearing a fancy outfit. Bull-riding is just like horse-riding except that it never ends well...for the rider. Bullfighting always refers to the Spanish sport that involves slowly bloodletting and killing a bull while wearing a fancy outfit.

Bull-riding is just like horse-riding except that it never ends well…for the rider.

]]> By: Jonny Kelly http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-446 Jonny Kelly Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:18 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-446 I'm no expert on “sports” involving bulls, but I think this could be classed as bullfighting; if you take the term literally then I believe it can be classed as Bullfighting, because the Bull is really fighting against the people, it doesn't know any better. Granted the bull is definitely much less volatile than the ones you see on “Bravo's When Sport goes Bad”. I get your point about the Bulls being well treated and I understand that, but really Bulls have been around for millions of years, they don't need our help to survive, they can survive Natural Selection easily, so why do we need these “sports” really? What value do they have in a civilised society? Sorry if I sound rather confrontational, but I'm just interested. Plus I said I would try it, so maybe I'm a massive hypocrite. Oh yeah and I think that describing my political leaning as “Ultra” left might have been a bit of a hyperbole on my part. I’m no expert on “sports” involving bulls, but I think this could be classed as bullfighting; if you take the term literally then I believe it can be classed as Bullfighting, because the Bull is really fighting against the people, it doesn’t know any better. Granted the bull is definitely much less volatile than the ones you see on “Bravo’s When Sport goes Bad”.
I get your point about the Bulls being well treated and I understand that, but really Bulls have been around for millions of years, they don’t need our help to survive, they can survive Natural Selection easily, so why do we need these “sports” really? What value do they have in a civilised society?
Sorry if I sound rather confrontational, but I’m just interested. Plus I said I would try it, so maybe I’m a massive hypocrite.
Oh yeah and I think that describing my political leaning as “Ultra” left might have been a bit of a hyperbole on my part.

]]> By: Robert Swartwood http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-445 Robert Swartwood Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:41:20 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-445 I don't know much about bull fighting -- is that where they actually KILL the bull? That's not right. But bull riding ... if it's an issue of animal rights, most of the major rodeos treat their bulls EXTREMELY well. I can't speak for all of them, of course, but I know the one I went to treats the animals like kings. I don’t know much about bull fighting — is that where they actually KILL the bull? That’s not right. But bull riding … if it’s an issue of animal rights, most of the major rodeos treat their bulls EXTREMELY well. I can’t speak for all of them, of course, but I know the one I went to treats the animals like kings.

]]> By: Jonny Kelly http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-444 Jonny Kelly Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:30:05 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-444 As a stubborn British Ultra-Leftist I am instinctively against Bull Riding or Bull fighting. But hey I would try it just for the adrenaline rush, so I guess that makes me a hypocrite. Damn you hypocrisy. As a stubborn British Ultra-Leftist I am instinctively against Bull Riding or Bull fighting.
But hey I would try it just for the adrenaline rush, so I guess that makes me a hypocrite. Damn you hypocrisy.

]]> By: Charles Gramlich http://www.robertswartwood.com/video/hockey-of-the-bulls/#comment-443 Charles Gramlich Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:22 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=521#comment-443 I grew up with a lotta bull riders in Arkansas. It was a big thing. But I never got involved myself. I like to have my ribs in place. I grew up with a lotta bull riders in Arkansas. It was a big thing. But I never got involved myself. I like to have my ribs in place.

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