Paul Graham: Bullfighting Has No Place in Mexico's Modern Society Paul Graham - Las Vegas Informer
go to original July 28, 2014

More than 70 percent of Mexicans are against the continuation of bullfights in the country, based on several public opinion polls. (EFE)
 
News came recently that bullfighting has been banned in Sonora, Mexico, making it the first region in Mexico to do so. It is part of the recently passed Animal Protection Law, which actually not only bans bullfighting, but protects other domestic animals as well. This is the first step of the Green Party in Mexico to see a bullfighting ban in all of Mexico and this is a wonderful first step. Polls throughout the country tell us that 70% of the population in Mexico is against bullfighting and this merely reflects the wishes of the majority of the people. It is a movement whose time has come, for so many reasons.

Bullfighting has been around for centuries upon centuries and has achieved a romanticized place in a number of societies through the work of writers, artists, musicians. and statesmen. There is nothing “romantic” or feel-good about bullfighting. It is nothing short of the days of the gladiator where men fought against man or beast in the arena to the death for the “entertainment” of the cheering crowds.

That type of behavior appealed only to the lowest of human desires and was simply barbaric then as it still is today to tease, torture, and kill a living being in front of a crowd of people. To find entertainment value in this is repugnant. It is not uncommon for the bullfighter to be injured or even killed. The people that witness that may feel badly about the bullfighter that goes down, but seemingly not enough to stop coming again and again. We should put an end to the blood lust.

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