Too many people in here are backwoods hicks whos only exposure to "parade" is what they see on TV during the holidays.
Ever seen a military leader standing on a podium watching his troops march by in formation? That is a parade. It is the original parade. Floats and homosexuals are something that we added in later for entertainment value.
Also this:
"Bulls on Parade" addresses the American military-industrial complex, a situation in which industry (the arms industry, primarily) urges government to take military action, with the intent of obtaining military contracts, to thereby increase its revenue. The idiom "bulls on parade" refers to a bull market. The symbol may also mean the muscularity of American responses to complex problems; we act like mad bulls on dress parade rather than negotiating or using less violent strategies. Also the verse, "They rally around the family, with a pocket full of shells" could refer to the composer's belief that American politicians in both parties represent the family as an integral part of their policies, but in actuality they use this as a "scarecrow" tactic because they really have pockets full of ammo ("shells") catering to the military-industrial complex.
Ignoring the negative aspects, the thought of a bunch of "mad bulls on dress parade" solving their problems by brute force is very fitting for this defense.
Put aside your gay pride hang-ups and try to remember that parades are a military matter at heart.
I have no problem at all with the defense being nicknamed "Bulls on Parade". I actually really like it.. because it brings to mind a bunch of bulls stomping through the streets and lording over the lesser folks
. Plus it has a fitting song attached to it.
Sure you could name the defense "Spiked bulls of bloody painful death hitting darkness" or something similar... but i find those kinds of names to be less "cool" and more "middle aged man trying too hard to be cool".