Bullfighter ‘gravely ill’ after being gored in groin for second time

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https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/13/bull...eing-gored-in-groin-for-second-time-10909302/

The bullfighter boyfriend of a Spanish royal is ‘gravely ill’ after being gored in the thigh and groin.

Matador Gonzalo Caballero, 27, was injured during a tournament to mark Hispanic Day in Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring and is in a very ‘serious condition’ after the bull’s horn punctured a vital vein.

He is the boyfriend of Victoria Federica, 19, niece of the King of Spain, who watched on in horror from the VIP area on a Spanish day of national celebrations.

Caballero clutched his crotch as he was taken from the bullring in an effort to curb the prolific bleeding.

He was operated in the infirmary for more than two hours and then transferred to a medical centre.
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If he survives, maybe he should find a different line of work.
 
I can see no way this incident could have been prevented.
 
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My s/favorite/s part is the crowd demanding the Bullfighter be award the bulls ear.

The way I see it if that's the case the bull gets to keep the guy's nuts.
 
"Something somehow hereto unforeseen went wrong with my cunning and well thought out plan of getting into an area with a large horned animal and taunting it."

//And before any accusations of cultural bias, American-centricism, or any other 'But it's their culture!' nonsense comes out I have, will, and do say the exact same thing about American bullriding/Rodeo.//
 
The public torturing and killing of animals sometimes goes wrong. Gee, who'd a thunk it?

The pix I saw on FB appeared to show a blood-slick bull (that torturing I mentioned) with the specialised sword they use hilt-deep in his body.

So maybe he gored that pomaded creep while dying. Hope so.

The bulls don't always die quickly. They can lie there groaning while the aficioladrones -- what? Mark their scorecards? Settle bets? Finish their circle jerk?

Let the gallant bullfighter sing contralto now.
 
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A second time? I would have taken the first groin goring as a stern warning to make significant career changes.
 
JoeMorgue said:
My s/favorite/s part is the crowd demanding the Bullfighter be award the bulls ear.

The way I see it if that's the case the bull gets to keep the guy's nuts.
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Traditionally, the matador is awarded for daring, not common sense or good health. And an ear is a minimal trofeo as those things go.

According to Wikipedia: "Most matadors have been gored many times." So apparently it's not a shameful failure that ends a matador's career.
 
Dave Rogers said:
I'm inclined to wonder whether he's eligible for a Darwin Award yet.

Dave
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Interesting question. The idea is that the awardee be incapable of contaminating the gene pool. What if this ...umm...:snigger: cock up has renedered him thus? Is the awardee's demise necessary?

Apologia...baked!!
 
The cynic in me suggests a 19 year old princess won't have much trouble finding a replacement for a 27 year old boyfriend with a severe groin injury. He looked okay in the photos but I can't imagine she can't do better. Doesn't Spain have a fairly good soccer team or two? Those guys are bound to have just as good if not better bodies than matadors, with the added bonus of probably not so many bovine-related groin gorings.
 
And to think thanks to glorious European universal healthcare he doesn't even have to pay for this second groin rebuilding!
 
And I'm glad to hear at least one American speaking out against rodeos. Not as Romanly sadistic as bullfighting, at least not yet, but still miserably cruel, and utterly pointless.
 
Granted, there can be significant injuries that can happen regardless, but I have to say, I presume he was at least wearing a protective cup.

If he wasn't wearing a cup, then there isn't much more I can say. It's one thing to participate in risky activities, but in doing so, at least use proper safety equipment.
 
theprestige said:
There's an interesting question here about how far a UHC program should go, towards covering "elective injuries" or improving on basic treatments.
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Clearly occupational injuries. He my not be good at this occupation, suffering higher rates of goring than a good bullfighter, but they are standard risks of the job.

I am unclear as to your musing re UHC. Are you wondering if a UHC program should not treat firefighters after the first time they are burned or a police officer after the first time they are shot? Are these folks staying in a a given career being too stubborn for society to pay for their work related injuries? Or are you, like I, just against bull fighting?
 
Giordano said:
Clearly occupational injuries. He my not be good at this occupation, suffering higher rates of goring than a good bullfighter, but they are standard risks of the job.

I am unclear as to your musing re UHC. Are you wondering if a UHC program should not treat firefighters after the first time they are burned or a police officer after the first time they are shot? Are these folks staying in a a given career being too stubborn for society to pay for their work related injuries? Or are you, like I, just against bull fighting?
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I think it's just the ingrained American ethos that people have to deserve things, or else it's somehow unfair to everyone else. Even if we all pay for a UHC plan we'll still find a way to judge people for using it.
 
sackett said:
And I'm glad to hear at least one American speaking out against rodeos. Not as Romanly sadistic as bullfighting, at least not yet, but still miserably cruel, and utterly pointless.
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Make that two. I cheer for the animals - not that I actually watch.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I think it's just the ingrained American ethos that people have to deserve things, or else it's somehow unfair to everyone else. Even if we all pay for a UHC plan we'll still find a way to judge people for using it.
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Yes, the just-world fallacy (or hypothesis) used mostly by statists and capitalists to conveniently blame persons in lieu of systemic problems.
 
pgwenthold said:
Granted, there can be significant injuries that can happen regardless, but I have to say, I presume he was at least wearing a protective cup.

If he wasn't wearing a cup, then there isn't much more I can say. It's one thing to participate in risky activities, but in doing so, at least use proper safety equipment.
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They do wear very tight pants so not much room for groin armour without spoiling the aesthetic.
 
JoeMorgue said:
And to think thanks to glorious European universal healthcare he doesn't even have to pay for this second groin rebuilding!
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I don't think it should be described as 'universal' unless the bull's in the hospital bed next to him.
 
I heard a story one time about a man who went to Spain to see the bullfights and was so impressed when he heard that there was a restaurant that will serve him the bull's testicles that he went there immediately after the fight. They came out on a plate, huge and plump, covered in sauce. So he tucked in and they were delicious. So delicious in fact that he went back for the next five nights.

But on the sixth night, what he was served was tiny and wrinkled, so he complained to the management.

They replied, "well, sometimes Sir, you see, the bull wins."
 
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