Let's be honest here, there is nothing "fair" about bullfighting (or "toreo"), the bull is pelted with spears, and worked up by a minor army before the "hero" comes in to battle him "fairly" (with a sword...).
Fair would be to send in the man naked and with no weapons against a bull that is completely healthy and not wounded.
Then you'd see your "genetic superiority".
Noone ever said that it is a "fight" in the sense that the two animals (man and bull) are evenly matched, and no, a good bullfighter does not have a minor "army", those that you see are a perversion of the culture, and cowardly men have those picadores stab the bull. A real "spectacle" is one man, with ONLY a cape, he does not carry the sword untill the closing minutes. He will have his "cuadrilla" there, for sure: 2 other, lesser toreros with large capes and 2 mounted men with spears incase he FAILS: in the event the bull tosses the Torero and starts to gore him on the ground, they enter the ring to attemp to save his life, they dont "work the bull over". I know what you have seen, and you must understand, that is NOT a real "spectacle".
In the event that a bull's horns are SO big, and his shoulders SO high and strong that killing him painlessly would NOT be possible, then THE TORERO himself take 2 "javelins" (he does not throw them but they have no direct translation into english) and he stands in the bulls charge and as the bull reaches him the reaches OVER the horns, plants both the "javs" into the shoulder muscles and then he must use this impulse to get either OVER or AROUND the horns, before instant death takes him.
He does this so the bull lowers his head more during his charge, so that when the time comes, and Torero again stands "naked" with no cape before the charge, he can slide the "sword" (it has no blade, and is very short) into the small spot between the shoulder muscles, THE ONLY SPOT on the bulls back where it will penetrate, and the "sword" severs the spine and punctures the heart. Most bulls die before they even feel the sword.
The spot that the Torero must strike is (approx. of course as it varies by bull) 2 inches wide by 1.5 inches long. Anywhere else and he has just bent/broken his sword. Again, a poor bullfighter at this point will request another sword, a good one will simply stand infront of the bull and straighten his sword. A good Torero also kills "recibiendo", as the bull charges. If he does not get it right, he is dead. As simple as that. Many men take a horn in the side or arse during a complicated turn or because a bull gets distracted and pulls sideways and survive it. But noone survives the "cornada" in full charge: it will take you in the chest and you will be dead before your body hits the sand.
REMEMBER: the words BULLFIGHT and BULLFIGHTER are not used in spain: This is not a fight to see which is the superior, it is a ritualistic sacrifice: When it is performed well, we all get to see the most noble of animals in his natural element: Charging, fighting, 100% commited. And when it is over, we see it die painlessly and instantly, and it will remid us of how shitty we are as a race. But also, you cannot take anything away from a real Torero: He risks his life to show us how great and magnificient the bull is. Good "bullfighters" deserve our respect, because whatever else you may say, they are brave: to stand infront of certain death and dance with it, takes "un par de huevos".
As to Bromagi: It is not part of any religion, as I said, it predates all religions known on the planet today, it is simply a way to honour and show the greatness of the bull. And nice way to end an argument: spout a load of completely unrelated bullshit and then bow out without admitting you were wrong.
There is NOTHING alike between the sacrifice of a bull and a dogfight: a dogfight is PURELY to see 2 animals tear each other apart for money and bloodlust of the spectators, if in a Bullfight the Matador (literally: Killer of bulls) cannot kill the animal quickly and painlessly he will be Boo'ed from the ring and the bull will be taken for painless death atan abatour. We dont go to the ring to see bulls be attacked or tortured, or to see their blood and pain, we go to see how well they fight, how bravely they come on, how they charge and the beauty of their form, they are true warrior creatures, the most noble of all mamals.
