With all due respect OP - horses in racing very rarely attack each other - so your example here fails to make any point at all.
As for whether I am for or against bull fighting - for the record I'm against it. It has nothing to do with whether a horse is used in the performance or not.
However, this has nothing to do with your original post - and I fail to see what analogy you are drawing from comparing the two......
OP, see my post. That is not a bullfighter's horse, it is a picador's horse. It will not be the well-trained athlete you mentioned earlier and the reason it wears padding, which bullfighters' horses tend not to, is because the bull is allowed to charge the horse. It's part of the way they tire the bull out before the torero enters the ring.
It may seem like a pack mentality to you, but it's a very emotive subject, particularly atm, and fans of the GN are feeling quite defensive after all the hysteria whipped up by the media.
See, now I've thrown in an example, it's being disregarded.
The analogy I'm drawing, for the 100th time, is one that is suggesting we throw horses into a sport which has high risk, but it's deemed acceptable because that's the risk we take.
I'm not comparing the fighting- I'm comparing the RISK.
Not all horses get attacked in a bull fight. Not all horses fall down in a race. But the point is that some still do. The point is that it is the risk we all 'take' with horses in these kind of sports. I know horses in racing aren't be chased by bulls, but they have 30 odd horses behind them, all galloping, one horse falls, and if they don't break their neck, the likeliness of having 600 pounds of TB horse land on them is high. So the risks are pretty similar.
It's interesting that you're apposed to that.
... See, now I've thrown in an example, it's being disregarded.
The analogy I'm drawing, for the 100th time, is one that is suggesting we throw horses into a sport which has high risk, but it's deemed acceptable because that's the risk we take.
I'm not comparing the fighting- I'm comparing the RISK.
Not all horses get attacked in a bull fight. Not all horses fall down in a race. But the point is that some still do. The point is that it is the risk we all 'take' with horses in these kind of sports. I know horses in racing aren't be chased by bulls, but they have 30 odd horses behind them, all galloping, one horse falls, and if they don't break their neck, the likeliness of having 600 pounds of TB horse land on them is high. So the risks are pretty similar.
It's interesting that you're apposed to that.
), that there were more important issues at stake.
Hmm starbucks, last image is DEFINITELY just a poke in the ribs
I agree that animals everywhere suffer abuse, neglect, mistreatment.
However; this is always the argument of those I argue with against rollkur (I even had a petition for that, but don't worry, that's a subject I'm familiar with
Yes, I agree entirely, and I support all those things too; however, we can't just push these things to the side? We can't just turn a blind eye because there is worse suffering in the world.
You could critisize the NSPCC, I mean, there are starving children out in Africa who are dying from Malaria, HIV, starvation and frequently becoming orphans, but then helping children who are abused by their parents or pushed around a bit? Should we critique care homes because their time is being wasted on those who perhaps don't need as much aid as others? I mean seriously?
Wow.
Anyway, so is this horse alright? I mean, totally safe and all that
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1709177330443&set=o.156996780994152&theater
Teagreen, if I'm honest, no I don't enjoy eventing either, hacking on the roads has a huge risk, but then I try to avoid road riding and am fortunate to keep my horse in the middle of the country park and near woods. I don't deny that it is risky, but then so is everything in life. However, some things pose MORE of a thread than others. Naturally.
It seems strange to me that even people like Amy who agree with some of what you are wanting (ie to make the GN safer), are pedantically hanging on to some incorrect figures despite your acknowledgement of your error. Obviously, I am missing something here.
And you have stood up well to the pack.
You have been here a long time. Maybe you are aware of some rule that I am not, that means anyone who makes a mistake in their OP can expect to be ripped to shreads by the mob even if they apologise for said errors. And that anyone else who also makes a mistake (so long as you like them) can be excused as it is only an error.
You have been here a long time. Maybe you are aware of some rule that I am not, that means anyone who makes a mistake in their OP can expect to be ripped to sgreads by the mob even if they apologise for said errors. And that anyone else who also makes a mistake (so long as you like them) can be excused as it is only an error.