During a holiday in Lisbon last summer, I came across bullfighting on the hotel television. I'm opposed to it on principle, but I actually thought the sensible thing to do would be to watch it while I had the opportunity, so that at least I had some (albeit extremely limited) experience of it before I condemned it. It didn't change my opinion, but the horse on that time was also beautiful - a huge dapple grey beast. The rider was a beautiful blonde girl with her hair in a long ponytail. The two of them together were gorgeous - but it was totally incongruous with the bullfight, which is horrific. It wasn't even the spears that upset me; the worst bit was the bull looking desperately around for an escape route before charging because it had really had no other option.