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mickronson

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

mickronson wrote:

Julio Aparicio, one of Spain's most famous matadors, was gored in the throat today during a bullfight. The horrific injury has left him in critical condition:

"[The horn] went though the tongue and penetrated the roof of the mouth, fracturing the jawbone," one of the medics who worked on Aparicio told AFP news in Madrid.
[UPDATE: After two operations, it appears leading surgeon Maximo Garcia Pedros has saved Aparicio's life. The bull, however, was quickly killed by other matadors.]

The incident took place during the Festival of Saint Isidro, considered to be the most important event in the bullfighting calendar, at the Plaza de Toros las Ventas bullring, which can seat up to 24,000 people.

Scroll down for photos and video of the goring. WARNING: they are not for the faint of heart.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/2 … 85941.html

mickronson

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

mickronson wrote:

Personally, I coulldnt give a fuck about some dick in a fancy outfit pretending to be a man while fighting a bull and the bull actually won, will still be slaughtered anyways.. backwards fucking culture.  fucking prick

Neemo

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Neemo wrote:

holy shit! that  can happen when you piss off a giant beast with horns

Slash_McKagan

Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Slash_McKagan wrote:

I have never figured out what the point is, these idiots know the risk before they even start "fighting" bulls.

monkeychow

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

monkeychow wrote:

I feel for this guys family. But I also don't approve of the way they torture these poor bulls before death.

Tommie

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Tommie wrote:

Even when the bull wins, it doesn't really win.

buzzsaw

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

buzzsaw wrote:

Vern said not to mess with the bull

Stepvhen

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Stepvhen wrote:

I don't know, no one deserves that but what they do to the bulls is wrong

-Jack-

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

-Jack- wrote:

Surprised everyone is implying he deserves this. Yeah he knows the risk but that doesn't mean he shouldn't get sympathy. If a BMX rider has a similar accident everyone who has posted so far would have a way different attitude.

Bull fighting is just part of a different culture... sucks for the bulls but it's not like the US treats it's cows well O_O.

bigbri

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Re: Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

bigbri wrote:

@Buzzsaw .... you'll get the horns.