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Mary Jander Why thanks, @Brittany. I had to say that the contrast was part of my experience in wintry Amsterdam.
BrittanyMichelle6 Beautiful description, Mary! I felt your story come alive as you described the transition from the muted colors of the city to the vibrant hues inside the museum.
Nicole Ferraro Oh, also... any kind of celebration of the past needs to die in the USA, as do all traces of Confederate flags!
Nicole Ferraro Good question, Toby. The USA is fairly young in comparison to other nations (though old enough to have a pretty shameful history), but we do have some traditions and "sports" that I think we'd do...
Toby @Nicole: Re "there are things that were part of our historical culture that are not worth preserving" What would that be in US culture?
Susan Leach Unfortunately, I think the chances are reasonably high that the law will pass and bullfighting be enshrined. The Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has signed on as well as figures like the Nobel Prize...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, Unfortunately many people, including governments, think "bullfighting" and culture are related. While in several regions of Spain people are turning away from this cruel and barbaric practice,...
Nicole Ferraro Susan, thanks for the information from Spain. What's your reading on how the campaign to make it part of the national cultural heritage is going? I understand that there's an emotional argument...
Toby This seems oddly apropo:
He who the ox to wrath has mov'dShall never be by woman lov'd.William Blake.
Is it so..?
Susan Leach The situation next door in Spain is in flux. Catalonia banned bull fighting last year, and the Canary Islands banned it way back in 1991. But there's now a campaign to declare it part of the national...
Anum Around 12000 bulls are killed each year and many people also lose their lives!! Now it's the people who are to decide whether they need to carry on with this cruel culture or stand up for the rights...
BrittanyMichelle6 Thank you for sharing this story, Sebastian. It is very eye-opening and sad. The forcados, the bull, and the people are suffering. I'd be curious to know this as well, Nicole. I would certainly...
Alan Reiter Hi Nicole, I assume there are so many food trucks in New York that you shouldn't have too much of a problem finding at least one that you like. I assume many of the better ones use Twitter and Facebook...
Alan Reiter Hi Amy, Korean food and cupcakes taste good to me. In fact, in replying to Mary Jander's question about my favorite food trucks, those were two of my choices. I also see a few food trucks in downtown...
Nicole Ferraro Haha. I'm willing to be a risk-taker here, Alan. I'll seek some out, do my proper research, consume something, and if I live to tell the tale, I'll report back!
Nicole Ferraro Thank you for a beautifully written city diary, Sebastian, and for the deeply moving depiction of the struggles people face in Lisbon. Like others have expressed, I feel sad for the bull and sad...
Amy Rogers Nazarov Hey Alan! I'm also in DC, and I'm crazy about TaKorean, Curbside Cupcakes and a bunch of other food trucks. I went to a music festival two weeks ago here, and the only food on offer was from a circle...
Toby @Alan: Intentionally provocative..perhaps..? I am no expert on the sport of bullfighting and I agree it is barbaric to kill a bull for spectacle, but I am also aware that killing the bull is not...
Toby @Alan: Intentionally provocative..perhaps..? I am no expert on the sport of bullfighting and I agree it is barbaric to kill a bull for spectacle, but I am also aware that killing the bull is not...
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The blood from the bull matched the red, but stained the green, of the forcados uniform. The forcados -- or the eight men charged with stopping a bull with their bare hands -- ...
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Mary Jander Why thanks, @Brittany. I had to say that the contrast was part of my experience in wintry Amsterdam.
BrittanyMichelle6 Beautiful description, Mary! I felt your story come alive as you described the transition from the muted colors of the city to the vibrant hues inside the museum.
Nicole Ferraro Oh, also... any kind of celebration of the past needs to die in the USA, as do all traces of Confederate flags!
Nicole Ferraro Good question, Toby. The USA is fairly young in comparison to other nations (though old enough to have a pretty shameful history), but we do have some traditions and "sports" that I think we'd do...
Toby @Nicole: Re "there are things that were part of our historical culture that are not worth preserving" What would that be in US culture?
Susan Leach Unfortunately, I think the chances are reasonably high that the law will pass and bullfighting be enshrined. The Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has signed on as well as figures like the Nobel Prize...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, Unfortunately many people, including governments, think "bullfighting" and culture are related. While in several regions of Spain people are turning away from this cruel and barbaric practice,...
Nicole Ferraro Susan, thanks for the information from Spain. What's your reading on how the campaign to make it part of the national cultural heritage is going? I understand that there's an emotional argument...
Toby This seems oddly apropo:
He who the ox to wrath has mov'dShall never be by woman lov'd.William Blake.
Is it so..?
Susan Leach The situation next door in Spain is in flux. Catalonia banned bull fighting last year, and the Canary Islands banned it way back in 1991. But there's now a campaign to declare it part of the national...
Anum Around 12000 bulls are killed each year and many people also lose their lives!! Now it's the people who are to decide whether they need to carry on with this cruel culture or stand up for the rights...
BrittanyMichelle6 Thank you for sharing this story, Sebastian. It is very eye-opening and sad. The forcados, the bull, and the people are suffering. I'd be curious to know this as well, Nicole. I would certainly...
Alan Reiter Hi Nicole, I assume there are so many food trucks in New York that you shouldn't have too much of a problem finding at least one that you like. I assume many of the better ones use Twitter and Facebook...
Alan Reiter Hi Amy, Korean food and cupcakes taste good to me. In fact, in replying to Mary Jander's question about my favorite food trucks, those were two of my choices. I also see a few food trucks in downtown...
Nicole Ferraro Haha. I'm willing to be a risk-taker here, Alan. I'll seek some out, do my proper research, consume something, and if I live to tell the tale, I'll report back!
Nicole Ferraro Thank you for a beautifully written city diary, Sebastian, and for the deeply moving depiction of the struggles people face in Lisbon. Like others have expressed, I feel sad for the bull and sad...
Amy Rogers Nazarov Hey Alan! I'm also in DC, and I'm crazy about TaKorean, Curbside Cupcakes and a bunch of other food trucks. I went to a music festival two weeks ago here, and the only food on offer was from a circle...
Toby @Alan: Intentionally provocative..perhaps..? I am no expert on the sport of bullfighting and I agree it is barbaric to kill a bull for spectacle, but I am also aware that killing the bull is not...
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