9/21/2005: Fighting horses

Undertoad · 09-21-2005, 08:34 AM

In a WaPo image not found by xoB (I look through there occasionally), here we have "the Miao people in Rongshui celebrating the mid-autumn festival". Apparently halfway through a season is reason enough to get two hosses to battle it out. I didn't know they would do this on cue.

It's sad, and a waste. And these shots always give me pause - am I part of the problem, in a sense, by promoting this image because it's so wild? Is the photographer part of the problem, in a sense, by capturing the perfect shot while the one horse's mane is flying in the air like some sort of Trojan?

Either way, there are a few such fighting animal shots in the archive. The last time, it was sheep.

Hobbs · 09-21-2005, 09:24 AM

I want to see these horses put in boxing gloves and maybe some little horsey boxing trunks; Let's make this a little more civilized.

I realize that in the U.S., we have our problems with cockfights (that one was for lumberjim) and dog fights, but I am always amazed at how most of the images that show animals ripping eachother up while a happy crowd looks on appears to be from the Asian region. Different sensibility, different sense of what is entertaining. And we think we have it bad here in the U.S. with Jerry Springer and reality T.V.

Trilby · 09-21-2005, 10:25 AM

This just makes me sad.

wolf · 09-21-2005, 10:32 AM

Stallions fight anyway.

Hobbs · 09-21-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Stallions fight anyway.

There's a difference between fighting for territory or females,and fighting for the entertainment of others. Yeah, they fight and sometimes to the death, but only when the situation dictates it's necessity.

wolf · 09-22-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

Yeah, they fight and sometimes to the death, but only when the situation dictates it's necessity.

As I recall, stallions don't fight to the death. They do fight to defeat, and whatever the horse equivalent of humiliation is, but rarely, if ever, to the death.

mrnoodle · 09-21-2005, 02:02 PM

Actually they fight whenever they get a chance. Allthough the arena and opportunity was staged, they'd be acting the same way even if no one was watching.

Not excusing the spectacle, but horses do it for the same reason as the guys on Ultimate Fighting Championship -- to show who's got the biggest huevos.

barefoot serpent · 09-21-2005, 02:40 PM

it's not just for entertainment -- I'm sure that there is some serious wagering going on.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-21-2005, 07:53 PM

I considered sending this picture because of the beauty of the horses in motion. After downloading it, I had second thoughts..... people complaining about depressing animal pictures, lately.
Noodle and Wolf are right.....this is what stallions do.

capnhowdy · 09-21-2005, 08:05 PM

damn.. these animals are acting like......PEOPLE.

dar512 · 09-21-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

damn.. these animals are acting like......PEOPLE.

Ok. Now you're just being insulting.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-22-2005, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Ok. Now you're just being insulting.

To the horses.

dar512 · 09-22-2005, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

To the horses.

Exactly.

capnhowdy · 09-22-2005, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Exactly.

ok.... my bad.

capnhowdy · 09-21-2005, 09:29 PM

no.... I was tuned to 440......

09-21-2005, 08:34 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/21/2005: Fighting horses In a WaPo image not found by xoB (I look through there occasionally), here we have "the Miao people in Rongshui celebrating the mid-autumn festival". Apparently halfway through a season is reason enough to get two hosses to battle it out. I didn't know they would do this on cue. It's sad, and a waste. And these shots always give me pause - am I part of the problem, in a sense, by promoting this image because it's so wild? Is the photographer part of the problem, in a sense, by capturing the perfect shot while the one horse's mane is flying in the air like some sort of Trojan? Either way, there are a few such fighting animal shots in the archive. The last time, it was sheep.

09-21-2005, 09:24 AM	#2
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	I want to see these horses put in boxing gloves and maybe some little horsey boxing trunks; Let's make this a little more civilized. I realize that in the U.S., we have our problems with cockfights (that one was for lumberjim) and dog fights, but I am always amazed at how most of the images that show animals ripping eachother up while a happy crowd looks on appears to be from the Asian region. Different sensibility, different sense of what is entertaining. And we think we have it bad here in the U.S. with Jerry Springer and reality T.V. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

09-21-2005, 10:25 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	This just makes me sad. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-21-2005, 10:32 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Stallions fight anyway. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-21-2005, 02:02 PM	#7
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Actually they fight whenever they get a chance. Allthough the arena and opportunity was staged, they'd be acting the same way even if no one was watching. Not excusing the spectacle, but horses do it for the same reason as the guys on Ultimate Fighting Championship -- to show who's got the biggest huevos. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

09-21-2005, 02:40 PM	#8
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	it's not just for entertainment -- I'm sure that there is some serious wagering going on.

09-21-2005, 07:53 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I considered sending this picture because of the beauty of the horses in motion. After downloading it, I had second thoughts..... people complaining about depressing animal pictures, lately. Noodle and Wolf are right.....this is what stallions do. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-21-2005, 08:05 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	damn.. these animals are acting like......PEOPLE. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-21-2005, 09:29 PM	#15
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	no.... I was tuned to 440...... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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