{"id":33600,"date":"2011-04-30T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T15:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/33600\/action-bullfighting-french-cultural-heritage\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T15:08:49","slug":"action-bullfighting-french-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/33600\/action-bullfighting-french-cultural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Take action against bullfighting French Cultural Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil<\/a><\/p>\n

50 members of parliament and 42 French Organizations are together urging governement to remove bullfighting from cultural heritage because it was not a democratic decision.
Their official advocate gave minister notice to do it !<\/p>\n

A ‘lil’ good news april 29th, Government removed the bullfighting cultural heritage from the offical gov website, said the president of CRAC ( anti bullfighting in France)<\/p>\n

France: Torturing animals to death declared ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’<\/p>\n

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On 22 April France dished out a nasty surprise by declaring bullfights as the country’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n

Nowhere else have politicians gone that far in the official acknowledgement of ruthless bloodbaths just for fun. Of course, in elegant France this step has been done by obeying “only scientific criteria”.<\/p>\n

Brigitte Bardot sent a protest letter to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mitterrand, “Minister of Unculture”, stating that “French culture is a culture of enlightenment and has nothing to do with bloody things like bullfighting”
Surveys are showing that most French people disapprove of this brutal slaughter-entertainment which is only allowed by special permission in certain southern towns.<\/p>\n

A protest demonstration against this slap in the face of all compassionate and concerned people is planned for 28 May 2011 in Paris.<\/p>\n

Usefull addresses<\/p>\n

Prime Minister
premier-ministre@cab.pm.gouv.fr<\/p>\n

Minister of Culture
sp.ministre@culture.gouv.fr<\/p>\n

French Embassies:
http:\/\/www.embassyworld.com\/embassy\/France\/France\/<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/u><\/font>Sample letter :<\/b><\/p>\n

Subject : La corrida dans l’inventaire culturel du patrimoine fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 l’attention de Monsieur le Ministre Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mitterrand, Monsieur le Premier ministre Fran\u00e7ois Fillon Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident de la Republique fran\u00e7aise, Nicolas Sarkozy<\/p>\n

Messieurs,
En janvier 2011, le gouvernement fran\u00e7ais, par l’interm\u00e9diaire du minist\u00e8re de la Culture et de la Communication, a inscrit la corrida dans l’inventaire culturel des biens immat\u00e9riels du patrimoine fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n

Ce n’est que le vendredi 22 avril que cette inscription a \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9e aux m\u00e9dias par Andr\u00e9 Viard, \u00e0 la veille de la feria d’Arles. Aucune communication du minist\u00e8re sur ce sujet depuis le mois de janvier. Aucune trace de cette inscription sur le site Internet du minist\u00e8re.
Cette nouvelle est pour le moins consternante pour qui pr\u00f4ne les valeurs de non-violence et de v\u00e9ritable culture.<\/p>\n

Est-ce cela la \u00ab politique de civilisation \u00bb souhait\u00e9e par le pr\u00e9sident ? Des spectacles d’effusion de sang d’innocents pour divertir le peuple ? Cette inscription va \u00e0 l’encontre du sens de l’Histoire et de l’\u00e9volution des mentalit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Au moment o\u00f9 la Catalogne espagnole a aboli cette pratique cruelle en juillet 2010, o\u00f9 le maire de Fr\u00e9jus d\u00e9cide l’arr\u00eat des corridas dans les ar\u00e8nes fr\u00e9jusiennes restaur\u00e9es, o\u00f9 le pr\u00e9sident Rafael Correa organise en \u00c9quateur un r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum pour ou contre la continuation des corridas et o\u00f9 90 deput\u00e9s fran\u00e7ais sont d’accord pour abolir l’exception fran\u00e7aise de la cruaut\u00e9 organis\u00e9e, la seule France associe son image \u00e0 celle de cette torture publique d’un taureau.<\/p>\n

Bien que la corrida soit consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un d\u00e9lit correctionnel sur 90 % du territoire national, qu’une immense majorit\u00e9 de contemporains r\u00e9cusent ce spectacle d\u00e9gradant, que le business de la torture peine \u00e0 remplir les ar\u00e8nes, le minist\u00e8re de la Culture et de la Communication trouve cette inscription judicieuse et opportune.<\/p>\n

C’est une v\u00e9ritable honte pour v\u00f4tre pays ! Sous quelles influences a \u00e9t\u00e9 prise cette d\u00e9cision scandaleuse? Quelle cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 aura la France pour promouvoir la non-violence dans le monde? Dans quelle singuli\u00e8re d\u00e9mocratie les Fran\u00e7ais vivent si une poign\u00e9e d’organisateurs de tortures animales parvient \u00e0 dicter ses vues \u00e0 un gouvernement sourd \u00e0 la souffrance animale? Nous vous demandons bien \u00e9videmment de d\u00e9sinscrire la corrida de cette liste culturelle fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\n

Il va sans dire que des mauvaises d\u00e9cisions comme celles que vous venez de prendre sauront revenir \u00e0 l’esprit des \u00e9lecteurs Fran\u00e7ais dans quelques mois.<\/p>\n

Sinc\u00e8res et respectueuses salutations indign\u00e9es,
Name, first name,country<\/p>\n

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Bardot attacks corrida listing<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.artinfo.com\/news\/story\/37567\/animal-lover-brigitte-bardot-lowers-her-horns-as-french-culture-ministry-embraces-bullfighting\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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SCREEN legend and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has called the government’s decision to list bullfighting as part of France’s “immaterial heritage” “completely idiotic”.
The star, who heads the Fondation Brigitte Bardot animal rescue charity, called the Ministry of Culture, which made the decision, the “Ministry of Ignorance”.<\/p>\n

United Nations members are required by Unesco to keep lists of important cultural practices, which could potentially in the future be selected as forming part of the World Intangible Heritage. “The French meal” was selected as representing such world heritage last year.<\/p>\n

Among other animal rights organisations which have attacked the listing decision is 30 Millions d’Amis who said surveys showed most French people disapproved of Spanish-style bullfighting (in which the bull is killed), which is only allowed by special permission in certain southern towns.<\/p>\n

Furthermore a ban was proposed last year, supported by 75 MPs, and the mayor of Fr\u00e9jus, one of the towns associated with bullfighting, has called a halt to it.<\/p>\n

The charity expressed its “deep indignation in the face of a decision that officialises and approves the barbarity of this spectacle.”
Other commentators have expressed surprise that France should be the first to list such a practice, as opposed to Spain which is much better-known for it.<\/p>\n

Actions here :<\/u>
Bullfighting Declared a Cultural Heritage of France-Take action!
(Three polls)
http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/peggysgirl\/blog\/542768595<\/a><\/p>\n

STOP the Abuse and the Torture of BULLS!
http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=142208982462900<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/100041282\/2786611<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/733080588\/2788130<\/a><\/p>\n


NON A LA CORRIDA INSCRITE AU PATRIMOINE Fran\u00e7ais !<\/font><\/a>
(Nom complet\/Name firstname – email address
Code postal\/zip code ville\/city Nationalit\u00e9\/Nationality -confirm your signature via the email
you will receive after signing.)
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CONTRE LA CORRIDA EN FRANCE<\/font><\/a>
(Nom complet\/Name firstname – email address -confirm your signature via the email
you will receive after signing.)
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Retirer la tauromachie du patrimoine culturel fran\u00e7ais<\/font><\/a>
(Nom \/Name pr\u00e9nom\/ firstname Adresse\/ Street
Code postal\/zip code ville\/city Pays\/Country E email\/ Email address)
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April 22th 2011
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