There was an article in this morning's Svenska Dagbladet about the debate currently raging in Spain about bullfighting. Catalonia want to ban it and this has made the rest of the country see red. The bullfight enthusiasts are trying to preserve it by having a some sort of cultural preservation order put on it.
I do find it odd how it's often the most apalling aspects of the national culture that get some sort of special status in Europe. In Spain, bullfighting; in Sweden surströmming. (If you don't know what that is, my advice is: don't go there!).
One Spanish writer remarked on bullfighting: Torture is not culture.
Probably not.
But culture certainly often can be torture.
I can think of several cultural experiences that are pure pain.
Try some Slipknot!
They've suffered for their art and now it's your turn!
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