Spain’s “most celebrated” matador, José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, came out of retirement—only to be punctured in the rectum and rushed to the hospital. According to reports , he was charged, thrown to the ground, and sustained a severe wound that required more than two hours of surgery.

| AHORA: El torero José Antonio Morante de la Puebla ha resultado herido en el glúteo izquierdo por el cuarto toro de la corrida que se celebra este lunes en la plaza de La Maestranza de Sevilla. pic.twitter.com/dMBru6SjYy

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But this is bullfighting. While headlines may frame the incident as “shocking”, it’s a predictable result of an event built on violence.…