To the Editor:
Re “Child Matadors Draw Olés in Mexico’s Bullrings” (front page, Nov. 19):
It is so sad to see children being taught to torture and kill calves. For what? The tradition and glory of bullfighting? Please!
Bullfighting is simply prolonged animal torture. Most children start life with a love and reverence of animals. Cruelty and disregard for them are taught. In this country, this lesson is usually less direct: that it is somehow logical to teach kids to love and respect animals while feeding them animals that have been raised and slaughtered in genuinely terrible conditions.
Our world would be a much better place if we could teach our children respect for all living creatures.
Edward L. Machtinger
San Francisco, Nov. 19, 2007
Note from KBJ: I would replace "living" with "sentient." How do you respect a plant?
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