I know you are asking the question, what in the world does he mean? Today was a very landmark day in the history of Spain, very similar to what happened here in UK. The northern part of Spain, the government there voted, by a small number but still a win, to ban Bull Fighting, weather you agree of disagree with Bull Fighting. The government has not given the freedom to adults to make that choice.
Very similar to what happened to Fox hunting here in UK, the government took away that decision as humans to make. A few years ago, while in Cordoba, Spain we went to a Bull Fight. The guys in the ring, are not peasants from the local village, or chavs hanging out on the corners, these are the true trained professionals. They actually get paid the same and some more than footballers, but each time they get in the ring, it could be the last! Unlike footballers, don't get me wrong about footballers, but still 3/4 ton Bull vs. a round ball??...oh, and if the bull does get the matador, the matador usually does not survive, if they get the horn in the thigh, but the matador knows that, and it is his decision to go into the ring, not the government. The evening was full of every part of the city, from children that was there with friends, to couples going out on a date, and even a Hill billy tourist wanting to see and be a part of the tradition! Oh, forgot to mention, there was no fighting, no body pissed up, no bad language...and now we could be seeing the thin end of the wedge to something that has been a part of Spain for over a 1000 years.
People of Spain, keep the bull fighting, keep the cured hams, keep the partridge shooting, keep the montinera, keep Spain Spain.....olee!!
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