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Argument: Bullfighting thrives due to devout local fans, not tourists

Issue Report: Bullfighting

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Robert Elms. “End bullfighting and you give in to the neutering forces of accepted taste.” The Independent. July 31st, 2010: “The oft-repeated claim that such rings are kept alive by tourists is ludicrous. Despite the economic recession, which has hit Spain especially hard, the corrida is still thriving. Its top practitioners are huge stars, and its fans, among them a prominent group of British aficionados, intensely devoted, because it is still the very soul of this dark and complex country.”