Friday - September 03, 2010

800 mile round trip and dead wrong.  Adventure of thick headed libtard “activist”

I don’t think about bulls much if at all. Unless they pop up in the news as something unusual.
I like animals generally, I am partial to cats and dogs. Big dogs. Not those damn small barky dogs that our newest neighbor has. 

Anyway, like the guy in this story I am opposed to bull fighting and think it’s even more barbaric then I am. And that’s saying something. I can not see the point of making an animal suffer, and I also think ppl who can watch it and get enjoyment from it are the worst of people.  So when I read about a fight where the bull gets the better of man I tend to cheer for the bull.
Now then, having said all that, I am not an “activist” of any kind.  That seems to be a new sort of professional designation.  I think most often ppl who describe themselves as such are also lefties.  It just seems to be that way. I might be wrong.  You’ll correct me if I am I know.  These self styled “activists” almost always have a sort of uniform. The wispy beards and sometimes (but not in this case) wire rimmed glasses. They often go overboard on the subject and make life difficult for others, while pursuing the object of their passion, dismissing any thought that they might , just might, be mistaken.
Like this jerk.  Here’s a guy looking for something that didn’t exist.  Typically liberal.
In fact, when informed of the error he insisted he’d read things right and remained unconvinced.  Once a libtard makes up what passes for a mind, it’s super glued there forever.  Or so it seems. 
So how can I be sure this guy is a lefty libtard?  Well, would a conservative drive over 400 miles to do this?  Maybe. But doubtful given this particular example.

The danger of taking poetry too literally
As a fervent animal lover, Paul Hurt has dedicated much of his life to exposing those he sees as glorifying bullfighting.

By Richard Alleyne

So when the Sheffield-based former teacher heard one of his prominent targets was making a public appearance in Suffolk, the 414 mile journey was no object.

Packing his van with leaflets and supplies, he set off on a two-day trip through torrential rain to picket a village literary festival where Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney was holding a reading of his poems.

He even slept in the vehicle overnight.

There was only problem, Heaney is not a supporter of the blood sport.

Paul Hurt, who spent hours protesting before his error was pointed out, was a victim of reading too much into poetry.

Jonathan Reekie, Aldeburgh Music chief executive who organised the event, said: “Mr Hurt obviously has very strong beliefs against bullfighting which I wholeheartedly understand and support.

“But unfortunately he has come to the mistaken belief that Seamus Heaney supports bullfighting and that is simply not the case.

“He is one of the world’s great poets and as everyone who loves poetry knows, he uses images and associations that are in no way meant to be literal.”

Mr Hurt, 62, a retired science teacher , is a veteran of animal protests being a member of Compassion in World Farming and an anti-fur activist.

He is also a lover of poetry and felt that lines from Heaney’s 2006 poem Tate’s Avenue and a 1976 essay on WH Auden were proof that the Irish poet was a lover of bullfighting.

Mr Hurt, 62, a retired science teacher , is a veteran of animal protests being a member of Compassion in World Farming and an anti-fur activist.

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Posted by peiper     on 09/03/2010 at 11:00 AM   
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