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yuiyoshida

(41,874 posts) Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:20 PM Jul 2016

Spain: 7 gored in hair-raising Pamplona bull-run

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Six foreigners, including three Americans, were among seven people gored in a hair-raising second running of the bulls Friday at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, the Navarra regional government said.

A 58-year-old Spaniard identified only by the initials F.L.R., a 73-year-old South African man identified as M.H.O., and a Canadian aged 48 with the initials P.C.O., were in serious condition after being gored, a government statement said.

The regional government said one American, 55 and identified by the initials P.G. O., and another aged 23 years with the initials W.R.O., were gored but their injuries were reported to be less serious. A third, 46-year-old American with the initials J.G.O. and an Indian aged 26, with the initials N.S.O. were also said to have suffered less serious goring injuries.

The regional government said nine others were also taken to city hospitals for other injuries suffered in the run. Several of the six bulls used in the run got separated from the pack moments into the 8 a.m. run and began charging whatever came in sight.

The nine-day fiesta became world famous with Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Spain-5-gored-in-hair-raising-Pamplona-bull-run-8347256.php

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Spain: 7 gored in hair-raising Pamplona bull-run (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2016 OP

No sympathy from Worried senior Jul 2016 #1

Ditto. I agree. RebelOne Jul 2016 #8

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Coventina Jul 2016 #2

I'm stealing that from you NightWatcher Jul 2016 #3

*grin* Coventina Jul 2016 #4

*This* times 1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #19

Running of the Bulls? No. Trampling of the Idiots! n/t Matrosov Jul 2016 #5

*snort* smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #20

¡Olé! backscatter712 Jul 2016 #6

Perfect! PJMcK Jul 2016 #32

Its just fun and games. bdwker Jul 2016 #7

Definitely gonna leave a mark. lpbk2713 Jul 2016 #13

It's way worse than that - there were two deaths including Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio malaise Jul 2016 #9

Go Bulls! Iggo Jul 2016 #10

I hate bullfighting... dhill926 Jul 2016 #11

This, bullfighting and rodeo Mendocino Jul 2016 #12

It's short for "Ouch." hunter Jul 2016 #14

Not to mention boxing. SheilaT Jul 2016 #28

I should of added dogfighting Mendocino Jul 2016 #37

Good for the bulls. It's animal abuse not sport. Vinca Jul 2016 #15

Fuck anyone who endorses this sort of cruelty to animals. Vattel Jul 2016 #16

Well said. nt auntpurl Jul 2016 #17

You dumb enough to fuck with the bull, you get the horn. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #18

. Iggo Jul 2016 #24

Darwin awards, all around! smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #21

... Scurrilous Jul 2016 #22

The Running Of The Bulls: how is this still a thing? Initech Jul 2016 #23

Isn't there still this festival in Italy yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #25

I am okay with cruelty to tomatoes. Animals, not so much. jberryhill Jul 2016 #27

Lots of food is wasted everywhere. SheilaT Jul 2016 #29

You make it sound like I APPROVE OF BULLFIGHTING yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #30

Don't worry PJMcK Jul 2016 #33

Next they will think I APPROVE of yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #35

I was responding to your specific post about the tomato SheilaT Jul 2016 #38

Thank you yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #39

fools. nt cwydro Jul 2016 #26

who could have predicted that? Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #31

So, the Spaniards invented that reality TV show PJMcK Jul 2016 #34

why don't these assholes just leave the bulls alone apcalc Jul 2016 #36

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)

1. No sympathy from

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:22 PM

Jul 2016

me this so-called sport is barbaric.

I root for the bull at all times

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

8. Ditto. I agree.

Reply to Worried senior (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:23 PM

Jul 2016

Those idiots must have known what the consequences would be if they came into contact with the bulls' horns.

Coventina

(27,227 posts)

2. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:51 PM

Jul 2016

GO BULLS!!!!!

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

3. I'm stealing that from you

Reply to Coventina (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:54 PM

Jul 2016

Coventina

(27,227 posts)

4. *grin*

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:57 PM

Jul 2016

I don't remember where I picked that up, but I can't claim I invented it.

But, it's a good one!! And very appropriate in this case.....

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

19. *This* times 1000

Reply to Coventina (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:33 AM

Jul 2016

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)

5. Running of the Bulls? No. Trampling of the Idiots! n/t

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:59 PM

Jul 2016

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

20. *snort*

Reply to Matrosov (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:34 AM

Jul 2016

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

6. ¡Olé!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:04 PM

Jul 2016

PJMcK

(22,076 posts)

32. Perfect!

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:17 PM

Jul 2016

backscatter712, you win! That's exactly what I thought when I read this story.

bdwker

(435 posts)

7. Its just fun and games.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:15 PM

Jul 2016

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lpbk2713

(42,777 posts)

13. Definitely gonna leave a mark.

Reply to bdwker (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:32 PM

Jul 2016

Should have made other plans for that afternoon.

malaise

(269,352 posts)

9. It's way worse than that - there were two deaths including Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:26 PM

Jul 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/09/bullfighter-victor-barrio-killed-teruel-pamplona-bullrun
<snip>

A bullfighterwas killed in Spain on Saturday, while a man participating in a village bull run also died and two men were gored at the Pamplona festival.

Victor Barrio, a 29-year-old professional matador, was killed when a bull’s horn pierced his chest in front of spectators as he competed in a fight in the town of Teruel in the eastern region of Aragon.

His death, shown live on television, was confirmed on the website of Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring, where Barrio began as an apprentice bullfighter in 2010. He is the first Spanish bullfighter to die in a ring since the turn of the century.

In the south-eastern village of Pedreguer near Valencia, a 28-year-old Spaniard was killed during a bull run through narrow streets. A bull’s horn pierced his lung and heart as he was trying to help another runner, a spokesman for the regional government said.

Iggo

(47,603 posts)

10. Go Bulls!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:29 PM

Jul 2016

dhill926

(16,392 posts)

11. I hate bullfighting...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:32 PM

Jul 2016

but I hate this even more. Just a bucket list item for a bunch of drunken frat boys...fuck 'em...

Mendocino

(7,533 posts)

12. This, bullfighting and rodeo

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:48 PM

Jul 2016

should all be sent to the dustbins of so called "sport".

Strange though, why did all the injuries happen to those who last initial is O?

hunter

(38,354 posts)

14. It's short for "Ouch."

Reply to Mendocino (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:48 PM

Jul 2016

My name is Jimmy Smith... OUCH!

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

28. Not to mention boxing.

Reply to Mendocino (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:07 PM

Jul 2016

Another "sport" that is anything but.

Mendocino

(7,533 posts)

37. I should of added dogfighting

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #28)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:37 PM

Jul 2016

and cockfighting. I too find boxing abhorrent, but humans have a choice to participate, animals don't.

Vinca

(50,336 posts)

15. Good for the bulls. It's animal abuse not sport.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:27 AM

Jul 2016

A person would have to have the IQ of a turnip to "run with the bulls."

Vattel

(9,289 posts)

16. Fuck anyone who endorses this sort of cruelty to animals.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:36 AM

Jul 2016

It's time for bullfighting and running with the bulls to be outlawed everywhere, including the nation that brought these abominations to the world.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

17. Well said. nt

Reply to Vattel (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:43 AM

Jul 2016

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

18. You dumb enough to fuck with the bull, you get the horn.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

Iggo

(47,603 posts)

24. .

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #18)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:24 PM

Jul 2016

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

21. Darwin awards, all around!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:36 AM

Jul 2016

What a stupid "sport" and even "stupider" people.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

22. ...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:49 AM

Jul 2016

Initech

(100,152 posts)

23. The Running Of The Bulls: how is this still a thing?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:52 PM

Jul 2016

yuiyoshida

(41,874 posts)

25. Isn't there still this festival in Italy

Reply to Initech (Reply #23)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:02 PM

Jul 2016

Where they have a massive Tomato fight? I guess they can afford to waste food while parts of the world go hungry.

La Tomatina -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

27. I am okay with cruelty to tomatoes. Animals, not so much.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #25)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:07 PM

Jul 2016

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

29. Lots of food is wasted everywhere.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #25)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:09 PM

Jul 2016

Plus, I believe a central problem is actually getting food to distant places in a timely manner.

So the tomato thing in Italy, while dumb in my opinion, is nothing like bullfighting.

yuiyoshida

(41,874 posts)

30. You make it sound like I APPROVE OF BULLFIGHTING

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #29)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:11 PM

Jul 2016

I POSTED the story to get reactions from this group, not TO SAY, HEY LOOK AT THIS SHIT, I AM PROUD OF THIS! geese louise!

PJMcK

(22,076 posts)

33. Don't worry

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #30)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:20 PM

Jul 2016

I got your point succinctly, yuiyoshida! Plus, if anyone had read any of your posts, they would understand your sensibilities.

Like someone posted upthread,

GO BULLS!!!

yuiyoshida

(41,874 posts)

35. Next they will think I APPROVE of

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #33)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:32 PM

Jul 2016

Japanese dolphin slaughter

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

38. I was responding to your specific post about the tomato

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #30)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:41 PM

Jul 2016

festival in Italy, which you seemed to be decrying because people elsewhere go hungry. I didn't even notice, because I don't always look at the screen names, that you were the one who'd also made the OP.

I'm sorry if my response to your post about tomatoes made it sound like I thought you approved of bullfighting. You might want to reread my exact words.