{"id":40115,"date":"2019-01-31T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40115"},"modified":"2019-01-31T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T18:55:36","slug":"government-subsidies-matter-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/government-subsidies-matter-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Government subsidies matter in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its easier to hide behind tradition<br \/>\nLet culture take the can and just move on<br \/>\nKilling Bulls in sawdust rings<br \/>\nIs stridently proclaiming<br \/>\nThe medieval mockery hasnt gone<br \/>\nGreat Roman Colosseums<br \/>\nGoing begging<br \/>\nJust the place<br \/>\nTo kill a bull or three<br \/>\nBullfighting contributes to the economy<br \/>\nblessed be the amazing pageantry<\/p>\n<p>Big business there are endorsement deals<br \/>\nAll over<br \/>\nMatadors with fortunes, and they feel<br \/>\nMore like real rock gods<br \/>\nFor just performing<br \/>\nMost are really defiant<br \/>\nJustice real<\/p>\n<p>Animal rights has entered the<br \/>\nEquation<br \/>\nA lot have moved on<br \/>\nFrom the bloody sphere<br \/>\nFame for all the matadors<br \/>\nThat come to strut their stuff<br \/>\nAnd the chance to prove themselves<br \/>\nWithout the fear<\/p>\n<p>Of other cultures<br \/>\nTakin on the bloodshed<br \/>\nGold and glitter<br \/>\nBang the drum lets see<br \/>\nSlashed and bleeding<br \/>\nSwords stuck every which way<br \/>\nKilling In the sun<br \/>\nThats where we be<\/p>\n<p>Its unbelievable cruelty<br \/>\nWe know that<br \/>\nThe Catalans have banned it<br \/>\nWhich is right<br \/>\nThe Canary Islanders too<br \/>\nDecided rightly<br \/>\nThey didnt want to see<br \/>\nThe vile bull fight<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people<br \/>\nWatch football on the telly<br \/>\nWhy come out to see<br \/>\nThe fights the kill<br \/>\nSee them stabbed and bleeding<br \/>\nWhere is it all leading<br \/>\nProtests really<br \/>\nmost have had their fill<\/p>\n<p>The government seems committed<br \/>\nTo the spectacle<br \/>\nI cant think why for the cruelty<br \/>\nIs immense<br \/>\nThe smaller venues are dying  out<br \/>\nAnd quickly<br \/>\nThe general mood is getting rather<br \/>\nTense<\/p>\n<p>Matadors are getting gored<br \/>\nA plenty<br \/>\nIts good to see for animals rights<br \/>\nBelieve<br \/>\nIts all down to the karma<br \/>\nAnd the torture<br \/>\nAnd matadors that bleed I think<br \/>\nAchieve<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are truly proud creatures<br \/>\nOf  honour<br \/>\nMany though are slaughtered mercilessly<br \/>\nDeath comes slowly to the bulls and pain<br \/>\nIs grave and wrong<br \/>\nThe audience though are insensitive<br \/>\nAnimals rights belong<\/p>\n<p>Too much arrogant nerve<br \/>\nIs on display here<br \/>\nTorture made<br \/>\nBefore each grand event<br \/>\nKilling bulls is family entertainment<br \/>\nThe corporatocracy has gone and spent<br \/>\neuro&#8217;s really coming out of their earoles<br \/>\nAs long and they are willing<br \/>\nI suppose<br \/>\n14 million people watched the spectacle<br \/>\nLast year<br \/>\nThats a lot of money in tHe bank<br \/>\nCancelling it out completely<br \/>\nNo one knows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its easier to hide behind tradition Let culture take the can and just move on Killing Bulls in sawdust rings Is stridently proclaiming The medieval mockery hasnt gone Great Roman Colosseums Going begging Just the place To kill a bull &hellip; 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