The Pamplona Bull Run: Danger? Bull's Eye!
Danger? Bull’s Eye!
Each year from the 7th to the 14th of July, people gather from all around the world in Pamplona, Spain for an appalling event- the Pamplona Bull Run. I think this event is truly awful because every year, lives are taken from not only the experienced older runners, but also from the inexperienced young teenagers.
As you will have guessed by now, the Pamplona Bull Run is indeed a dangerous event with many injuries and even deaths every single year. The most dangerous element for the runners are the slippery cobbles (besides the bulls of course). These can cause pile ups being the ultimate death trap for the runner since everybody is hysterically trying to squeeze past. Surely there are ‘policemen and nurses present but once the race has begun, they’re unable to help out because they’re mainly behind the unstable barricades, controlling the chaotic masses. Their presence does not mean safety, it’s just to show that they are there and to make everything seem safe, when actually, nothing is safe.
Could you imagine that anybody is allowed to join this event? Even the young and immature college kids who have been ‘drinking all night’-they’re basically dead meat. You couldn’t possibly succeed running against a bull for the first time, it’s like throwing a 2 year old baby into a pool without floaties. The experienced runners should still be scared though. They are ‘armed’ with rolled up newspapers to stop the angry, charging bulls when in danger, because that is just the ultimate weapon when you’re trying to save your own life! That is just absolutely ridiculous, because your life depends on a newspaper- nothing else.
If gladiatorial fights were stopped hundreds of years ago, then why does the battle between man and bull still exist today? It’s basically the same concept – killing is killing. Is there a difference between man and bull? Why would the life of a human have a higher value than the life of a bull? I don’t understand.
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Each year from the 7th to the 14th of July, people gather from all around the world in Pamplona, Spain for an appalling event- the Pamplona Bull Run. I think this event is truly awful because every year, lives are taken from not only the experienced older runners, but also from the inexperienced young teenagers.
As you will have guessed by now, the Pamplona Bull Run is indeed a dangerous event with many injuries and even deaths every single year. The most dangerous element for the runners are the slippery cobbles (besides the bulls of course). These can cause pile ups being the ultimate death trap for the runner since everybody is hysterically trying to squeeze past. Surely there are ‘policemen and nurses present but once the race has begun, they’re unable to help out because they’re mainly behind the unstable barricades, controlling the chaotic masses. Their presence does not mean safety, it’s just to show that they are there and to make everything seem safe, when actually, nothing is safe.
Could you imagine that anybody is allowed to join this event? Even the young and immature college kids who have been ‘drinking all night’-they’re basically dead meat. You couldn’t possibly succeed running against a bull for the first time, it’s like throwing a 2 year old baby into a pool without floaties. The experienced runners should still be scared though. They are ‘armed’ with rolled up newspapers to stop the angry, charging bulls when in danger, because that is just the ultimate weapon when you’re trying to save your own life! That is just absolutely ridiculous, because your life depends on a newspaper- nothing else.
If gladiatorial fights were stopped hundreds of years ago, then why does the battle between man and bull still exist today? It’s basically the same concept – killing is killing. Is there a difference between man and bull? Why would the life of a human have a higher value than the life of a bull? I don’t understand.
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