{"id":9460,"date":"2013-07-05T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:15:12","slug":"pamplona-6th-july-till-the-14th-july-the-running-of-the-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/pamplona-6th-july-till-the-14th-july-the-running-of-the-bulls\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamplona  6th July till the 14th July The running of the Bulls (Please support the league against cruel sports)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pamplona&#8217;s bloody Bull run<br \/>\nis just that sinful, we<br \/>\na cheapo package holiday<br \/>\nsyndrome<br \/>\nwith lots of misery<\/p>\n<p>the Bulls in pens are frightened<br \/>\npoked with prods and bars<br \/>\nthey run out into crowded streets<br \/>\nthey are the fallen stars<br \/>\nthrown together all of them<br \/>\nto attempt this vile ordeal<br \/>\ntheir tendons in their necks were slashed<br \/>\njust think how that might feel<\/p>\n<p>you cannot lift your head up now<br \/>\nwithout great shafts of pain<br \/>\nyour eyes are filed to blur your vision<br \/>\nimagine that, again<br \/>\na little bit of grit and you<br \/>\nknow how painful that can be<br \/>\nso filing your eyeball with a metal file<br \/>\nits plain to see<\/p>\n<p>of course it makes them angry<br \/>\nfrustrated for they know<br \/>\nwhats happening to them is hellish<br \/>\nbut still they have to go<br \/>\nif not they are hit with iron bars<br \/>\nand forced out of the pen<br \/>\nand so they run together<br \/>\nwondering now when<\/p>\n<p>crowds are all around them<br \/>\nthey slip and slide around<br \/>\nbroken bones torn ligaments<br \/>\nsome fall on the ground<br \/>\ntails are pulled ears are pulled<br \/>\nthey have had their horns cut too<br \/>\nto impair their spacial awareness<br \/>\nthis is what we do<\/p>\n<p>we cut them to the marrow<br \/>\nwe tear their hearts away<br \/>\nwe gnaw into their sinew<br \/>\nwe make those blighter&#8217;s pay<br \/>\nfor being Bulls<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s all they are<br \/>\nthe yob mentality<br \/>\nis out there on the streets<br \/>\nwrapped up in sangria<br \/>\nit be<\/p>\n<p>the adrenaline rush is everywhere<br \/>\namongst the Paella crowd<br \/>\nlots of cheapo vino<br \/>\nunder a dark cloud<br \/>\nviciousness is everywhere<br \/>\nsanity exchanged<br \/>\nfor violence and short tempers<br \/>\nand all appear deranged<\/p>\n<p>the bulls they are the victims<br \/>\ntortured and in distress<br \/>\nhumanity at the crossroads<br \/>\nbut no one will confess<br \/>\na savagery now fills the air<br \/>\nsadism now rules<br \/>\nbloody thirsty drunken idiots<br \/>\nmost of them, are fools<\/p>\n<p>gloating over bloodied wounds<br \/>\ntail pulling and the rest<br \/>\na perfidious display of woe<br \/>\nin which nobody, is blessed<br \/>\nthe darker side of festivals<br \/>\nreleased for all to see<br \/>\nthe broken bones the evil tones<br \/>\nthe thrill seekers seem to be<\/p>\n<p>prepared to sell their very souls<br \/>\nfor just the chance to be<br \/>\nin amongst the action<br \/>\nall its severity<br \/>\nits outrageous barbarity<br \/>\nand those bulls that get through<br \/>\nthey are whisked off to the bull ring<br \/>\nfor that is what they do<\/p>\n<p>out comes more mutilation<br \/>\nthis time the satin tribe<br \/>\nthese are the performers<br \/>\nthe assassins from inside<br \/>\nthis infernal ugliness<br \/>\nthis persecution seems<br \/>\nto be accepted by spectators<br \/>\nbut its not one of your dreams<\/p>\n<p>this is cold reality<br \/>\nits terror for those souls<br \/>\nwho have faced the wrath of demons<br \/>\nwho have thrashed through the controls<br \/>\nwho have taken on each avalanche<br \/>\nof the evils from beyond<br \/>\nand from their loss of blood<br \/>\nand the outside noise<br \/>\nhow they respond<\/p>\n<p>angrily and in agony<br \/>\nbristling with fear<br \/>\nominous and frightened<br \/>\nits so very clear<br \/>\nand if there are clear minded<br \/>\nwe resent the fact that some<br \/>\nare in such a sorry stupor<br \/>\n3 parts pissed and numb<\/p>\n<p>they become disgusting low life<br \/>\nnot fitting for a soul<br \/>\ncursed by sun and alcohol<br \/>\nand lacking all control<br \/>\na terrible transgression<br \/>\na discriminatory display<br \/>\niniquitous and wicked<br \/>\nbut the order of their day<\/p>\n<p>Pamplona has to ponder<br \/>\nat the sacrilegious way<br \/>\nits aura and its festival<br \/>\nare advertised today<br \/>\na cheap package mini break<br \/>\nexcitement to the fore<br \/>\nthough everyone forgets the bulls<br \/>\nand their awful running war<br \/>\nthey go home and they tell the lads<br \/>\nthe excitement was intense<br \/>\nforgetting all those bulls that died<br \/>\nwhich of course just made no sense<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pamplona&#8217;s bloody Bull run is 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