"Remorse"This famous photograph depicts the end of the career of matador Alvaro Munero.
In the midst of the fight he suddenly, in remorse, sat down at the edge of the arena. Afterwards, in an interview, Alvaro would tell:
"Suddenly I saw not the horns but the eyes of a bull. He was standing in front of me and looking at me. It just stood there and stared, making no attempt to attack. The very innocence that all animals have in their eyes looked at me with a pleading look.
It was like a cry for justice, and somewhere deep inside me I suddenly realized that he was addressing me the way we address God in prayer:
"I don't want to fight you, please have mercy on me, for I have done you no harm. Kill me if you will, if it is your will, but I don't want to fight with you." And I, reading it in his eyes, felt like the worst creature on earth and broke off the fight. After that I became a vegetarian and started to fight against bullfighting."
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