tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post3772867142718529249..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: The Bullfighting Experience in Or the Bull Kills YouBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-75888482632069418732015-03-15T09:09:05.995-06:002015-03-15T09:09:05.995-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. You are a woman ...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. You are a woman of strong principles. I eat meat and live in a rural area. I have always been aware that animals die to provide that meat.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-10941352508951165752015-03-14T23:13:00.300-06:002015-03-14T23:13:00.300-06:00I haven't read this author's books. Howev...I haven't read this author's books. However, at 19, I saw a bullfight in Mexico City, along with some family members who liked it. I didn't.<br />Since then, I've become much more aware of mistreatment of animals in many ways,<br />but I did stop eating mammals about 12 years ago.<br />At 13, my reading of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," set in a slaughterhouse, caused me to not eat meat for awhile. But not now.<br />Our societies in general are being educated about the abuse of animals raised for human consumption. The stories that come to light here have caused more people to stop<br />eating meat.<br />A recent New York Times special report on a U.S.-taxpayer-funded facility that experiments on how to produce more offspring and cause them to grow more quickly sickened me and so many people that some changes are being made. It was all<br />done in the cause of maximizing profits for the meat industry.<br />I think we owe decent, humane treatment to animals that live, breathe, feel pain<br />and terror. <br />That includes bulls, too. And I extend that to the humans who are injured in<br />bullfights or in the running of the bulls in Spain. A young man was brutally gored<br />recently while doing this, barely survived.<br />and many readers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-1979370058765026172015-03-08T23:42:56.879-06:002015-03-08T23:42:56.879-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I think you would ...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I think you would find the way bullfighting is addressed in the book intriguing.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-7659864082184969792015-03-08T13:29:02.241-06:002015-03-08T13:29:02.241-06:00Very interesting post, Bill. I had never heard of ...Very interesting post, Bill. I had never heard of this author or the series, and it sounds worth looking into. I had not thought much about bullfighting one way or the other. I am against mistreatment of animals but I guess I don't get much exposure to bullfighting. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-26483611203002231662015-03-08T08:41:07.022-06:002015-03-08T08:41:07.022-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I do not read crim...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I do not read crime fiction looking to be made "reflective" but am usually glad if a book gets me thinking.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-91205475723695621632015-03-08T06:00:49.293-06:002015-03-08T06:00:49.293-06:00Bill - I tend to see it as the mark of a well-writ...Bill - I tend to see it as the mark of a well-written book if it's got me reflecting on my views about something. That's happened to me several times, and I think books like that help push my thinking. Thanks for sharing these points about bullfighting. No matter what one thinks about it, it's got a long history and deep cultural roots. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com