11 Jan 2008
Indian court bans taming the bull

I gotta wonder about this - I've seen this sort of thing before. I know nothing of the origins of the Tamils, but the resemblance between this and ancient Indo-European rituals is quite striking.

And just for the record, I don't think that activities like this constitute animal "cruelty" in any way, shape or form. To be an effective ritual the animal has to be completely free - and that's hardly cruel.

The Indian Supreme Court bans a bull-taming sport popular in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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Edmund Hillary, first atop Everest, dead at 88

Truly a giant of the age, in so many ways, and one of the heros of my youth. His last name, minus an 'L' was the inspiration for my youngest daughter's first name. RIP.

AFP - Edmund Hillary, the modest New Zealand beekeeper who won international fame as one of the world's great adventurers after becoming the first person to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at age 88.

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