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March 21, 2010
'Gay Up' matador helps Swedish farmers take bulls by horns
Published: 13 Jan 10 16:22 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24366/20100113/
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A Spanish matador who recently challenged the sport's macho image by advertising a drink popular on the gay club scene has been invited to southern Sweden to help local farmers master their bulls.
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Now the trailblazing toreador is on his way to Sweden following an approach from the Småland county administrative board.
"We want to make use of the knowledge a bull fighter possesses," said spokeswoman Anna Nilsson.
Some fifteen farmers have already signed up for a course at the end of the month at which Ortega is set to appear in the company of Emil von Schultz, a 63-year-old Swede who once plied his trade as a matador in Spain.
"It's important to try out new ideas," said Anna Nilsson.
Five farmers died in Sweden between 2004 to 2008 as a result of attacks by cows or bulls.
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Let's see what this seeming 'news article' is REALLY about: thinly veiled gay propaganda, perhaps?
Could this be apart of the Gay Agenda? I wonder what that looks like, I've come up with this rough sketch of how it might go:
GAY AGENDA:
1. Find other gay people
2. Fight for legalized gay marriage
3. Promote Gay-friendly energy drinks using spokesmen famous for archaic sport rituals
4. Mess with non-gays and try to turn them gay by manipulating the media
Solid.