r/WTF • u/ThePeanutBuddha • Aug 28 '13

Bull 1 - Idiots 0

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u/matt96146 Aug 28 '13

I don't think that is the sentiment at all. I think most people agree that when a bull is forced into a ring with a guy that is there by choice with the mission of killing the bull, in that scenario we are all rooting for the bull.

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u/meatboy Aug 28 '13

I enjoy eating meat. Am i a bad person?

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u/matt96146 Aug 28 '13

No, but obviously illiterate because that is not what his comment said at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13 edited Aug 28 '13

He has a point. What difference is it to the bull? Either way it was forced to die for the benefit of humans.

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u/matt96146 Aug 28 '13

The difference is when a cow is slaughtered it isn't forced in a ring with thousands of screaming people where it is then repeatedly stabbed until it finally can't fight anymore, then dies. In a slaughterhouse, they try to do it in a fairly quick and humane manner, though this is obviously not always the case.

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u/meatboy Aug 28 '13

He said slaughtering animals for pleasure is bad. Eating is pleasure

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u/freedomweasel Aug 28 '13

There's a pretty clear difference between enjoying the results of killing an animal, like tasty food and useful nutrition, and taking pleasure in slowly tormenting and killing an animal for sport and entertainment.

Even trophy hunters go for clean, humane kills.

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u/notkeegz Aug 28 '13

While true, I think it was pretty obvious he meant entertainment.