That was then, this is now

When we first started to get to know Spain we used to say that the Spanish, unlike the British, don't drink to lose their inhibitions because they don't have any.I still think that is the case and it has its charming aspects. But there is also a downside to this belief that almost anything and everything can be done,discussed and shown without reference to context. This morning while we read the local paper and had our post-Pilates coffee and tostada we came across an example of a step too far. Turning to the back page, which usually has three or four photographs of major local and national news stories, we were presented with a photo of the precise moment when the Pamplona Bull gored to death a 27 year old guy who had been running, for reasons passing at least our understanding,in front of the bulls through the narrow streets of Pamplona in the annual festival. It is not something I want to look at again. Much less so, I imagine, his family and friends.