COMMENTARY
Putting the bull before the matador
By George Andre Fields
Below l* the slory of the
Grand Matador. It Is
meant to illustrate the
similarities between animals
and humans It is really all I
have to say, but the editors of
the Lnwruld believe it Is too
short to stand on its own us a
guest commentary.
Commentaries, 1 am told,
must bo at least 750 words
long Personally, I do not care
for people who go on and on
about nothing just for the suko
of hearing themselves speak
Nevertheless, who am I to ar
gue about the use of proper
procedures Because I play by
the rules, I will expand my arti
cle by way of tills preface
l-'or those of you who want to
skip this section of the article,
please feel free to do so It is of
little importance to my main
topic, which is the way Ameri
ca treats her African-American
sons. It's an important topic,
and I will address It presently
Because this is my first, and
probably last letter or commen
tary to the editor, you will have
of forgive my intrusion — espe
cially if you are one of those
people who may be attempting
to do two things at once, Ilka
reading this and attempting to
achieve the perfect tun — dark
but not offensively so.
Anyway, I should be at the
750 word limit soon Please
bear with mo. I guess the clos
est I ever came to writing a let
ter to the editor was when the
L'nwruld run thut blatantly rac
ist cartoon about Clarence
Thomas I was going to tell the
editors how offended I was. but
at thu time 1 was too busy with
the day-to day activities of law
school.
I don’t think I will over bo
that busy again I mean, wus
this the Lmornld or the com
mentary? Lot's see, whure are
we? Wo should be dose to that
magic number now Well, 1
should say in til! seriousness
thut the following story is not
meant to be disrespectful of
Latin Amorican culture.
The Grand Matador
An Interesting story appeared
on tho notwork new* Sunday
after a review of the Rodney
Kinj; verdict and subsequent
killing of more than 50 individ
uals, and aftur all the talk about
the riots being the worst since
Watts
Tho announcer warned the
viewing audience that what
they were about to see was not
going to bo pretty. With that, he
showed a matador about In stab
a bull to arouse Its anger. Tho
matador approached, but thu
bull's bulk belled Its speed. In a
matter of seconds, the bull hod
gored tho man through the
heart Tho next day. the animal
was put to death
I hesitate to use this analogy
because it castx the black man
as a brutish bull However, Ih;
catise that Is the general per
ception ...
The bull’s former address
was a nice, green, open field
a beautiful, expansive area
whore he spent the long days
with his family Tho bull
laughed and ate what grew un
til the matadors came to take
him away The bull did not un
derstand why they took him
from the field. Ho did not un
derstand the sport; ho did not
understand that the attendance
equaled a largo pecuniary re
turn In terms of gross receipts.
He failed to understand any of
that, so thu matadors declared
him ignorunt.
Tho bullfighters kept him In
bondugu, chains, to be exact,
for some time Then It came. It
was tho day of tho bullfight.
Some of the bullfighters jabbed
him and pricked him before the
bullfight to arouse his onger
Then they Introduced hint to
the audience, and the audience
cheered The crowd roared ut
such a magnificent boast. As
the bull looked Into the stands,
ha finally understood he was
going to die.
The oilier hull fighters teased
him and made him sport for
quite some time The audience,
comprised of the most respect
able men and women tho coun
try had to offer, was astonished
at the beast's stamina, strength
and what appeared to be un
usually large genitalia As the
bullfighters toyed with tho
By GARY LARSON
“OK, everyone Just stand back!.. Anyone
aaa what happanad here?"
b loculi ml bull. the auillmini
roared once more.
finally. iht* show w.is at an
end The matador approached,
but the bull * bulk belied its
spued
Songs of sorrow were sung
for the matador, and the history
books never hilled to mention
how much of a hero the man
truly was
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