Running of the bulls on ESPN?

Craig S. · 07-17-2002, 03:40 PM

Even though it's on ESPN, I've posted this in the JSI forum because it really is not a sport.

I was just watching this program for a couple of minutes, and it made me wonder the same thing I always do when I see it - Why in the world is this done?

Now, I realize that we as North Americans may not understand some things other cultures do. However, it's unbelievably cruel to the bulls (who will meet an even crueler fate soon enough), and I think their are better ways of proving your manhood than taunting an angry and confused animal. It seems one step up from cow-tipping to me.

So what's the appeal here?

ChrisCary · 07-17-2002, 04:39 PM

I root for the bulls

KCBOOMER · 07-17-2002, 04:53 PM

Well, for a viewer it's the same vicarious thrill we get when we watch auto racing.

As for the people that do it is ample demonstration that there are no Mensa candidates in Pamplona.

Skip · 07-17-2002, 05:11 PM

The auto racing analogy is apt.

gyb13 · 07-17-2002, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ChrisCary
I root for the bulls

i like the lakers myself

moose · 07-17-2002, 11:44 PM

1. darwin never looked so smart

2. sadly, i never use "thrill" and "watching car racing" in the same sentence. (well, not never, since i just did)

07-18-2002, 03:11 PM

Shouldn't this be in the "Worst TV Show" thread?

hmrsf · 07-18-2002, 03:26 PM

I am embarrassed to admit, that running with the bulls in Pavlona, was on my top 10 things to do before I turned 30.

Never got around to it.

Skip · 07-18-2002, 03:50 PM

Just to keep this on the "who-gives-a" level, our local (U of Louisville) football coach has a list of things to do that he tries to knock at least one off of each football off season. Last year he ran with the bulls, this year it was skydiving (with a truly hilarious bug-eyed what-the-heck-was-I-thinking front page picture on our local Pravda).

07-18-2002, 03:57 PM

I've got some friends from Lexington who wish your basketball coach would run with (or under) the bulls, Skip.

Skip · 07-18-2002, 04:14 PM

Heh - heh - heh - heh.

and hm, just where does one go to find Pavlona? I look forward to your Pavlonian response.

spitball · 07-19-2002, 07:54 PM

After running with the bulls in pavloma my dogs are killing me....
get it , dogs, pavlov....aaah nevermind

hmrsf · 07-19-2002, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skip
Heh - heh - heh - heh.

and hm, just where does one go to find Pavlona? I look forward to your Pavlonian response.

Skip I am in my own world. Nice place, spelling is optional.

Skip · 07-19-2002, 08:01 PM

Uhhh spitball, I am giggling, but it's under my breath and secret from the rest of the world. OK??

pwdennis · 07-19-2002, 11:49 PM

I would have expected the twits at PETA to interfere with this event long before now.

07-17-2002, 03:40 PM	#1
Craig S. Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,330	Running of the bulls on ESPN? Even though it's on ESPN, I've posted this in the JSI forum because it really is not a sport. I was just watching this program for a couple of minutes, and it made me wonder the same thing I always do when I see it - Why in the world is this done? Now, I realize that we as North Americans may not understand some things other cultures do. However, it's unbelievably cruel to the bulls (who will meet an even crueler fate soon enough), and I think their are better ways of proving your manhood than taunting an angry and confused animal. It seems one step up from cow-tipping to me. So what's the appeal here?

07-17-2002, 04:53 PM	#3
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Well, for a viewer it's the same vicarious thrill we get when we watch auto racing. As for the people that do it is ample demonstration that there are no Mensa candidates in Pamplona. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

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hmrsf forum mom Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: relocation Posts: 4,298	I am embarrassed to admit, that running with the bulls in Pavlona, was on my top 10 things to do before I turned 30. Never got around to it. __________________ NDF who shares good karma! Get a coaster! My cup is not only 1/2 full it is brimming! We don't need no stinking Arods!

07-19-2002, 11:49 PM	#15
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	I would have expected the twits at PETA to interfere with this event long before now. __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

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07-17-2002, 04:39 PM	#2
ChrisCary High and tight Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,281	I root for the bulls

07-17-2002, 05:11 PM	#4
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	The auto racing analogy is apt.

07-17-2002, 11:44 PM	#6
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	1. darwin never looked so smart 2. sadly, i never use "thrill" and "watching car racing" in the same sentence. (well, not never, since i just did)

07-18-2002, 03:11 PM	#7
CpUltravox Posts: n/a	Shouldn't this be in the "Worst TV Show" thread?

07-18-2002, 03:50 PM	#9
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Just to keep this on the "who-gives-a" level, our local (U of Louisville) football coach has a list of things to do that he tries to knock at least one off of each football off season. Last year he ran with the bulls, this year it was skydiving (with a truly hilarious bug-eyed what-the-heck-was-I-thinking front page picture on our local Pravda).

07-18-2002, 03:57 PM	#10
CpUltravox Posts: n/a	I've got some friends from Lexington who wish your basketball coach would run with (or under) the bulls, Skip.

07-18-2002, 04:14 PM	#11
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Heh - heh - heh - heh. and hm, just where does one go to find Pavlona? I look forward to your Pavlonian response.

07-19-2002, 07:54 PM	#12
spitball Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Studio City, Ca. Posts: 1,751	After running with the bulls in pavloma my dogs are killing me.... get it , dogs, pavlov....aaah nevermind

07-19-2002, 08:01 PM	#14
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Uhhh spitball, I am giggling, but it's under my breath and secret from the rest of the world. OK??

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