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	<title>Comments on: In defense of the rodeo</title>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26264</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And it&#039;s only the tip of the iceberg, just a demonstration of the ability to twist and ignore reality.

It&#039;s amazing how one can warp their mind around so effortlessly.  The large corporations need people like you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And it&#8217;s only the tip of the iceberg, just a demonstration of the ability to twist and ignore reality.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing how one can warp their mind around so effortlessly.  The large corporations need people like you.</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26256</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You aren&#039;t that stupid and you aren&#039;t blind.  So what is it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You aren&#8217;t that stupid and you aren&#8217;t blind.  So what is it?</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26255</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is that cinch strap around the testes pulled when the gate opens?  Why is that strap there?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is that cinch strap around the testes pulled when the gate opens?  Why is that strap there?</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26244</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TB, you are able to believe anything, anything at all.    A mind as malleable as yours is a wondrous thing to behold in a way.

In those videos one can see the strap around the testes.  Why is it there?  Why do they cinch it tight when the gate opens?  Why does it have a quick release feature?

It&#039;s all there to see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TB, you are able to believe anything, anything at all.    A mind as malleable as yours is a wondrous thing to behold in a way.</p>
<p>In those videos one can see the strap around the testes.  Why is it there?  Why do they cinch it tight when the gate opens?  Why does it have a quick release feature?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all there to see.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26236</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;All right.&lt;/p&gt;

Most rodeo bucking horses are either &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_bronc_and_bareback_bronc_riding#The_horse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;geldings or mares.&lt;/a&gt;  They have no testicles.

Bull riders ride steers as well as bulls. The steers buck just fine. Steers have no testicles either.

There are multiple references on this subject, including proper methods of putting on a flank strap, veterinary articles, and photographs. All of this is easily found.

There. You&#039;re standing there with your pants around your ankles, shoes four feet long, and a honking red nose, all because you have the kind of mind that cannot be bothered to actually find out if something is true or not before shooting your mouth off in absolute certainty of your rightness. I wish you were the only one.

Happy now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All right.</p>
<p>Most rodeo bucking horses are either <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_bronc_and_bareback_bronc_riding#The_horse" rel="nofollow">geldings or mares.</a>  They have no testicles.</p>
<p>Bull riders ride steers as well as bulls. The steers buck just fine. Steers have no testicles either.</p>
<p>There are multiple references on this subject, including proper methods of putting on a flank strap, veterinary articles, and photographs. All of this is easily found.</p>
<p>There. You&#8217;re standing there with your pants around your ankles, shoes four feet long, and a honking red nose, all because you have the kind of mind that cannot be bothered to actually find out if something is true or not before shooting your mouth off in absolute certainty of your rightness. I wish you were the only one.</p>
<p>Happy now?</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26235</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>See that strap back there?  The one over the testes?  That they pull at the last moment?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See that strap back there?  The one over the testes?  That they pull at the last moment?</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26228</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, what do you think that strap around the testicles is for?  The one that&#039;s tightened as the gate opens?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, what do you think that strap around the testicles is for?  The one that&#8217;s tightened as the gate opens?</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26211</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 00:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No wonder you have the views you do.  

Now you can&#039;t admit you&#039;re wrong, it&#039;s a character issue, but most people can see the first, bigger strap, and the second, smaller strap which goes over the testicles.  And is pulled at the last moment, causing intense pain and suffering in the animal.

My post was for those who can count to two.  Not for everyone.

Geez, TB, you can do better than that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No wonder you have the views you do.  </p>
<p>Now you can&#8217;t admit you&#8217;re wrong, it&#8217;s a character issue, but most people can see the first, bigger strap, and the second, smaller strap which goes over the testicles.  And is pulled at the last moment, causing intense pain and suffering in the animal.</p>
<p>My post was for those who can count to two.  Not for everyone.</p>
<p>Geez, TB, you can do better than that.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26210</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Those are flank straps.&lt;/p&gt;

They are not wrapped around the testicles of bucking animals but around their bellies.

Five minutes of research would have told you this.

Five minutes of thought would have told you that crushing the testicles of animals whose semen can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars is probably a bad idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those are flank straps.</p>
<p>They are not wrapped around the testicles of bucking animals but around their bellies.</p>
<p>Five minutes of research would have told you this.</p>
<p>Five minutes of thought would have told you that crushing the testicles of animals whose semen can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars is probably a bad idea.</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/17/in-defense-of-the-rodeo/#comment-26209</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXT-Si-EqVM

Completely barbaric.  Anyone who enjoys that isn&#039;t quite human.

And so much for the &quot;cinch strap&quot; and &quot;trained to buck&quot; bullshit.</description>
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<p>Completely barbaric.  Anyone who enjoys that isn&#8217;t quite human.</p>
<p>And so much for the &#8220;cinch strap&#8221; and &#8220;trained to buck&#8221; bullshit.</p>
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