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A Moral Argument for Bullfighting:
More Humane than Eating Meat
by Victoria Aitken -UK-
The social networking world is an odd one – you see your friends less, but know more about them – and real catching up has been replaced with the dubious substitute of half a dozen status updates on your newsfeed each day. But the upside is the strange tide of news about semi-strangers that drifts across your screen. Alexander Fiske-Harrison is one of those.
I thought bullfighting, something that no one took seriously any more, was put on for tourists so they would think Spain was still in touch with its “roots.” This view was encouraged by recent headlines that bullfighting is being banned in the province of Catalonia at the end of this year.
Then Fiske-Harrison’s book, Into the Arena, came out, and unexpectedly enthusiastic reviews from the British press rolled in – “compelling,” “lyrical,” “thrilling,” “engrossing,” “informed,” “morally searching,” “never loses his moral qualms” – from titles like the London Times, Financial Times and the Mail on Sunday. Read on at WIP.com…
Quite a long time ago, before publication of ‘Into the Arena,’ I informed you that I’d be posting a review of the book on my Website when it appeared. I’ve only recently ordered your book, I only received a copy yesterday, and so my discussion of the book is far from finished, in need of revision and extension. There are aspects of the book I haven’t discussed as yet. What I’ve written so far appears on my site at http://www.linkagenet.com/themes/bullfighting.htm
Further to my previous remarks, I have actually read the part of your blog dedicated to me.
You seem to be completely unaware of Godwin’s Law (the so-called reductio ad Hitlerum) which states that the longer an internet discussion goes on, the more likely someone is to draw an empty and unnecessary analogy with Nazism. It is generally accepted that at this point the debate has become null and void.
You actually open your discussion of my book by talking about me as the acceptable face of Nazism. As such I don’t feel the need to take anything you write subsequent to that seriously. A little more maturity and sense of proportion would benefit your thinking greatly. AFH