The Bullfighting Debate

Several demonstrations have taken place all around the world. More and more people are against bullfighting because they consider it a cruel act. This activity means killing an animal just for entertainment.

However some others think that it is some kind of art and that’s an essential part of our culture that shouldn’t disappear. Furthermore, in some regions they declared bullfighting, National Heritage.
That’s right, but just because of that should we keep on practising it? The evolution of our society is obvious why shouldn’t we de the same with this barbaric activity? Romans had gladiators, people killing each other, something unbearable nowadays.

On the other hand the abolition of bullfighting would affect local festivities like the San Fermines or even the San Juanes, here in Soria. What’s your opinion? Think about it.

Carnival

Three weeks ago the streets of the cities, towns and villages were full of colours, life and splendour. We were celebrating carnival. It is known that this festival invites you to dress up as whatever you want. So, if you go for a walk on these days you willl see pirates, witches, princesses, ancient Greeks or Romans, superheroes... which are some of the typical costumes. You can also find policemen, soldiers, flies, bees, or even original costumes as tomatoes, famous statues, chewing-gums... I think this is the best moment to show your imagination and creativity to impress other people. It isn’t difficult because the most stupid thing you find could be the funniest idea. Now, all of you have enough time to think about the one of next year. Come on, don’t be boring!!

THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

I’m Marta, from Soria and I’m going to write about the Winter Olympic Games now that they have just finished. This competition has taken place since 1924, when the first ones took place in France. Before this, the first multi-sport event especially for winter was the Nordic games, held in Sweden in 1901. Like the summer Olympics, they are held every four years, but they don’t coincide with each other. However, fewer countries participate in these games compared with the summer ones. Maybe this happens because many of the sports that are played in the Winter Olympic Games are quite strange or, at least, not very well-known. There are lots of types of skiing, like alpine, freestyle or cross-country. There are also other sports, like snowboarding, skating, hockey, curling and skeleton. These two last ones are new sports that have been added to the Olympic Games in the last years. Anyway, they have become quite famous in these games and lots of people know now about these sports.

As always when we talk about sport at these levels, we also have to talk about doping. It was in 1967 when the International Olympic Committee started to make drug testing protocols. The last Winter Olympics, hosted in Turin in 2006, were famous because of a scandal involving blood doping. This caused the suspension of 12 cross-country skiers. Other three skiers tested positive after the Olympic Games took place and their medals were taken.

This year, the Winter Olympic Games have taken place in Vancouver, Canada. United States is the one that won most medals, with 37, followed by Germany, with 30, and Canada, with 26. Sweden is in the eighth place, together with China and France, with 11 medals so you can be happy. On the other hand, Spain has not won any.