Debate: Bullfighting

Is bullfighting acceptable in modernity, or should it be banned?

Background and context

Bullfighting is a controversial sport in Spain. While supporters argue it is a cultural art form, opponents say that it is brutal and cruel toward animals.

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Yes

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No

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Torture: Is it wrong to think to bullfighting as torture or as inhumane?

Yes

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No

• Bullfighting is an inhumane form of torture. Jeremey Bentham, Theory of Legislation. Principles of the Penal Code. "The Culture of Benevolence". 1802 - "Cock-fights and bull-fights, the chase of the hare and the fox, fishing, and other amusements of the same kind, necessarily suppose a want of reflection or a want of humanity; since these sports inflict upon sensitive beings the most lively sufferings, and the most lingering and painful death that can be imagined."[1]

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Yes

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No

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See also

• Debate: Animals in sports and entertainment
• Debate: Fox hunting
• Debate: Animal rights

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