Overheard on the plane. Conversation between an elderly British couple returning home
Him: (reading Daily Mail article, heading “Briton gored by half ton bull”) Did you see this? This bloke was gored and trampled on by a bull.
Her: It’s a disgrace.
Him: Yes, they should do more to make it safer for people.
Hmm, how might they make the running of the bulls safer? Force the bulls to wear slippers and put bubble wrap around their horns?
Deploy police marksmen to shoot the bulls if they appear to get too close?
Put high explosive collars around the animals’ necks so that if they go on the rampage they can be blown up? The subsequent spattering of blood and body parts would be a neat mirroring of that other festival where revellers throw tomatoes at each other.
Don’t let people get pissed and run through narrow streets chased by a herd of angry bulls.
Or, if you must, don’t report it like it was some kind of act worthy of praise or admiration. Call it what it is: animal cruelty.