Comments on: Running of the bulls

By: Peter Nordberg

Peter Nordberg — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:47:44 +0000

I can’t believe plaintiffs’ lawyers are actually saying this!

Oh, wait. They’re not.

By: Griffin3

Griffin3 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:07:40 +0000

Of course, racing neck and neck with the lawyers would be the other federal agencies wanting to put their particular imprint on the event. I’m sure the OSHA folks would be mandating a necessary modicum of protective equipment; enough padding and helmets that it would look like the bulls were chasing deranged michelin men. The EEOE would have to make sure the bulls were friendly to handicapped persons, perhaps by replacing the roads with wheelchair-friendly rubber matting and speed-governors on the bulls themselves. And making sure all the proper percentages of minorities were involved in the event … perhaps this could even be extended to make sure the bulls are properly represented, a certain number of Angus and Herefords, filing paperwork in triplicate to insure the Brahmans are not using their popular appeal to take employment positions away from the traditionally underrepresented Beefmaster bulls. [And look at that last word: bulls! It’s inherently dicriminatory against cows, which might be just as eager to gore a human as their male counterparts.]

By: WanderingTaoist

WanderingTaoist — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:12:21 +0000

I visit fiesta in Pamplona on yearly basis, and if you are a literate tourist, you simply cannot miss the ubiquitous warnings about hazards that running with the bulls poses. They’re everywhere, including tourist information office and are in four languages, English included, together with information on how to behave and prevent injuries in case you DO participate in encierro (the running). Yet somehow most of the injured parties every year come from USA and Australia.

By: Angie Hartford

Angie Hartford — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:40:09 +0000

Of course, if we had the running of the bulls in the US, just think of the opportunities that exist for corporate sponsorship: Merril Lynch, Red Bull, and Advil come to mind.

Besides, those animals are big; they’ve got plenty of space to add corporate logos!

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:53:31 +0000

Americans somehow got confused between the “Running of the Bulls” and the “Constant Running of Bullsh*t”. We appear no longer able to tell them apart.