tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post5929267168525334685..comments2024-03-22T00:38:12.095-07:00Comments on Mike's Bogota Blog: A Bullfighter's PhilosophyMiguelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-39465137302538817102011-04-13T18:08:41.774-07:002011-04-13T18:08:41.774-07:00I think that bullfighting is all of those things. ...I think that bullfighting is all of those things. Includes lots of skill and bravery, but also violence and cruelty. There are lots of spectacles which require skill and courage but don't involve animals' suffering and dying. But there's something exciting in the whole man-animal confrontation.<br /><br />Yes, I think that I reversed the etymology. The 'livestock' meaning comes from the meaning of 'to earn.' So, there is a connection there, but not as strong. <br /><br />Thanks, <br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-6473304720169978542011-04-13T08:10:46.490-07:002011-04-13T08:10:46.490-07:00i'm on the fence on this one. i see the animal...i'm on the fence on this one. i see the animal rights point-i see the controversy in colombia with violence tied to a sport...but ultimately i think it is much more than senseless violence or torture, a deep rooted tradition, a celebration of dexterity. i've only ever seen corridas sin sangre in the deep andes and there, the bulls are not killed afterward, only 1 select bull, to feed the whole town. in the traditional bull fight, too, the entire bull is consumed, rationed out. i think you got your etymology wrong. the verb "ganar" comes first meaning "desire, covet"...germanic influence adds the sense of "harvest, graze" and from there we get ganado--that which grazes but also that which is coveted and won. those bulls are sacred.amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126242134690663269noreply@blogger.com