Man Gored to Death During Pamplona Bull Run (Darwinism at work)

Foxnews ^ | 7/10/2009 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

PAMPLONA, Spain — A charging bull gored a young man to death Friday at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly dangerous and chaotic chapter of the running of the bulls.

The San Fermin festival Web site said the unidentified man was gored in the neck and lung during a run in which a rogue bull separated from the pack, which is among the worst things that can happen at Spain's most popular fiesta.

Photographs showed the man lying on a stretcher moments after the goring, his face and neck stained with blood and his eyes only half-open. An emergency medical worker is leaning over him, applying what appears to be gauze to his neck wound.

[Red in Blue PA]

Anyone who runs with bulls should not be surprised if they are gored and/or killed.

Sorry, cannot muster any sympathy for people who do such foolish things.

Guess what? If you play in traffic on the expressway you may be hit by a car!

Idiots.

[Fawn]

Ditto.

[Red in Blue PA]

Fatalities are relatively rare and when one occurs, it serves as a reminder that amid all the street parties and revelry associated with San Fermin, running with fighting bulls weighing 1,300 pounds (600 kilos) or more on cobblestone streets packed with humanity is a life-risking exercise.

Do people really need a reminder for this?

More proof that intellectually, we are definitely not at the top of the food chain.

[sunmars]

One for the bull, did they think the bull wasnt going to give up the chance to take one down with him.

[SJSAMPLE]

Any bull with a confirmed kill should be put out to permanant pasture, with a bevy of bovine beauties beside him.

Just sayin’.

[bgill]

Oh well.

[Theophilus]

This will make the running more popular. People love primitive, mortal fear. They don't mind if the guy next to them gets killed, because they know it will never happen to them and the adrenalin feels sooo good.

[Red in Blue PA]

Is it a bad thing to say that I root for the bull?

Some traditions need to die IMO. This is one.

However, it never will, as it has been romanticized by the likes of Hemingway and others, and we have the rise of “extreme” sports which encourage this type of numbskull behavior.

[Pablo64]

Nature’s way of adding a little chlorine to the gene pool.

[Jaxter]

I think they should get a little man brand on their flank for each confirmed kill and retire to stud when they get 5 and become Aces.

[Red in Blue PA]

Now that is something I would support.

[jilliane]

R.I.P. Matthew Tassio - the 22 yr. old from my home town who was the last person gored in Pamplona in ‘95.

[SJSAMPLE]

I ALWAYS root for the bull.

Wether it’s Pamplona, the bull “fighting” ring or at the rodeo.

I don’t know if the running of the bulls or the rodeo is cruel (bull”fighting” - definitely), but anytime a man puts himself against an animal (physically) that big, I’m perfectly willing to let nature take its course.

[Hacklehead]

“Man Gored to Death During Pamplona Bull Run”

At least he died for a worthy cause./s

[Red in Blue PA]

I agree. So called sports like bull fighting only diminish humanity.

Subsititute the bull with a violent gang member and I would have no problem.....but it seems to me we are cheering at the deaths of the wrongs beings.

[Mount Athos]

If only one person died in 15 years of hundreds of people doing this, not sure if Darwin should be invoked.

[Eagle Eye]

If there wasn’t any risk then there wouldn’t be much attraction to it.

That’s why the Running of the Puppies doesn’t attract global tourists and why Tortise Wrestling isn’t on TV.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

I’m glad the bulls win once in a while.

[Puppage]

You play with the bull......

[Red in Blue PA]

ANY TIME someone does somethig stupid like this to lose their life, his name should be invoked.

Not sure I see your logic or point.