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Originally Posted by Cowperson
As we are the dominant life form on this particular planet we basically make the rules about what we think is inferior to us.
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Well, if we are the dominant life form, then by definition all other animals are inferior. Who are we to mess with cosmic rules?
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The good news is that most people go to the Stampede for reasons other than seeing rodeo or chucks, therefore the festival itself is likely to morph and survive.
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I think there is a lot of truth to this... but also a lot of false. The rodeo is the heart of the event. Take it away, and the Stampede is no different than Klondike Days/Capital Ex or the Red River Exhibition. It would be reduced to being simply another non-descript for-profit traveling carnival stripped of virtually everything that makes it unique. Would the Stampede survive in some form? Certainly. But it would be a mere shadow of what it is today.