Wednesday, December 7, 2011

MONUMENT TO CRUELTY

There is in the town of Roquetas der Mar on the Andalusian coast a bullring, opened in 2002, with a roof the colour of old blood, and on the plaza in front of it,
afficianados take photos of their loved ones with this killing arena in the background, and in particular a bronze sculpture of a massive bull, head held high in bold and bullish defiance.
More appropriate would be the animal lying dead in a pool of blood, with lances sticking from its neck, a reminder of a life taken down at the end of a prancing dance of sustained and much applauded cruelty.

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