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this renegade this khaki king this character this kid
this principled post pioneer to do the things he did
the forests full of armbands black and sad koala bears
salt water crocs are weeping and they're proper salty tears
enormously magnanimous sincere and fun and warm
but not a hint of normalcy and not a hint of "Norm"
his 9 lives stretched to 99, his kids his loving wife
he gave his heart his reckless soul and (such a shame) his life.
 
Prospector said:
Hm, if a snake bit my child on the lip I think maybe I would have had some medical attention. If his intention was to show his children not to be afraid of wildlife, then that is the ultimate irony, isn't it. Because it is normal for us to be afraid of it - nature's way of protecting us methinks.

I just find it ironic that his vision was to teach about about the beauty of wildlife and to respect it, yet he did some very non-conservationist things in order to get the crowds attention, and in the end it was maybe his possible lack of respect shown to wildlife that cost him his life, and his children their father.

To many he is a hero; but children dont look at their dad's as heroes for what they do, they are hero's to their kids just because they are 'Dad'.

I appreciate that he has also spent a lot of money in reclaiming land etc etc, but well, I guess I just see his death as a tragic loss to those kids and didnt need to happen.
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What sort of world would we have if nobody took any risks & everybody wrapped themseves in cotton wool trying to avoid accidents?

We take a risk every time we get into a car. 2000 Australians die on the roads every year & each one of those have family.

Great things are only achieved when people take risks.
 
dubiousinfo said:
I remember reading some years ago of a fisherman who hooked one on his line & when he pulled one into the boat, the ray got him in the chest also & killed him.
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Hi dubious,

That sounds like the same story a lady told me about in Vanuatu a couple of days after the bugger got me. I couldn't do anything much or even go in the water anymore, because as The Barbarian Investor mentioned the venom increases the chances of infection. I was also taking drugs to prevent infection and managed to avoid it.

The Stingray may well be non aggressive just like certain snakes etc, but if they feel threatened by acidentally stepping on one or even bumping it on the side of your leg, its protective response is to strike with its barb and the results are fairly extreme. It doesn't have to be aggressive, it just has to feel threatened and often by accident.

Novski
 
Couldn't of happened to a nicer, more fiar dinkcum bloke? God bless you Steve. fairwell & Gods speed. I'll see ya on the other side!
 
An absolute tragedy. I was in US for almost two years and everyone in US, and I mean everyone, knew and loved Steve Irwin - even though hardly anyone knew who our prime minister was. He was a great man who cared for the environment and who was and still will be one of the greatest ambassador for Australia.
 
Market Cap said:
.. and everyone in US, ..knew and loved Steve Irwin - even though hardly anyone knew who our prime minister was...
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Remind me MC, who is our PM again? ;) And I can't recall the last PM /leader who could claim to have been loved. Maybe Parkes? Gov Phillip maybe? ;)
Thinking about it, Steve would've made a great Aus President. "Crikey, lets have a week off and call it ...errr..."bushwalking week"!! - And after that we'll have a week off and call it "Crocodile cuddling week", and after that ... ;) ". I would bet on one thing - if you'd had a premonition, and told him to take it easy - he'd have given you a grin, and told you to go back to your knitting, while he got on with his adventuring.
 
Rudd tells Germaine Greer to shut up
Wednesday Sep 6 10:22 AEST
Feminist Germaine Greer should keep her thoughts about the death of Steve Irwin to herself, Labor foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd says.

In an article in British newspaper The Guardian, Ms Greer said that the animal world had finally taken revenge on Irwin for causing stress to the animals he handled.

"I think Germaine Greer should just stick a sock in it," Mr Rudd told reporters in Canberra.

"You have got a grieving mother, you have got a couple of grieving young kids and a grieving nation and what to you get from Germaine Greer? You get a bucket load of politically correct pap - it's just nonsense.

"Steve Irwin was a nature conservationist, an animal conservationist and made a huge contribution to the preservation of wildlife world wide.

"And what do we get from Germaine Greer? some gratuitous, politically correct claptrap. She should put a sock in it," he said.

Greer said she had "not much sympathy" for Irwin if he was grappling with the stingray that killed him on the Great Barrier Reef.

Those on the boat with Irwin say he was not in any way harassing the stringray when it lashed out at him as he swan over it.

But The Guardian quoted Greer as saying: "As a Melbourne boy, Irwin should have had a healthy respect for stingrays, which are actually commoner and bigger in southern waters than they are near Port Douglas."

She described Irwin's behaviour as "bizarre", noting the famed incident when he held his baby son while feeding a crocodile during a show at his Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.

"The whole spectacle was revolting," Greer said.

"The crocodile would rather have been anywhere else and the chicken had a grim life too, but that's entertainment at Australia Zoo.

"The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing ten times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn."

Police said footage of the incident showed Irwin in no way harassed or provoked the stingray.
 
Ms Bitter & Twisted should direct her poisonous invective to genuine areas of animal abuse, of which there are many.

Bad Show GG.

I agree with Rudd.
 
im not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the day he died i got 6 sms at the same time about a stevin irwin the message was a joke but i got it by 6 people at the same time and when i relied they all said they did not send me a message. the joke was: Steve Irwin should of wore sunscreen to kepp out the rays. did anyone else get this?
 
i know it really is disturbing. i cant believe people cant wait weeks or months until they start these stupid jokes and the criticism.
 
I guess we could all speculate on the impact of Germaine's passing - maybe she feels that she might as well get some publicity piggy-backing on the news that a real hero has has some bad luck. - like incredibly sad and terminally bad luck .

Germaine - go back to your acid books - give me the hilarity of a "steve irwin" in full flight ANY TIME , - sadly now fitted out with angels wings. :engel:
 
2020hindsight said:
I guess we could all speculate on the impact of Germaine's passing :
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Germaine - I dare you to get into one of those enclosures that contain Steve's beloved crocodiles and say that !!
 
It's interesting how someone's death makes such a difference to the way comments about them are viewed.

Had Germaine Greer made her remarks while Steve Irwin was still alive and well, I doubt that anyone would have made any sort of fuss about it.

She's entitled to her opinion. Her timing was tasteless. I just find it rather odd that when someone dies (and especially someone whose life involved doing very dangerous things) he ipso facto becomes a complete saint who may not be criticised in any way at all.

Have a go at Germaine Greer for her timing and insensitivity by all means.
But I don't see the need to vilify her as a person for expressing her opinion about someone.

Julia
 
Julia said:
It's interesting how someone's death makes such a difference to the way comments about them are viewed.

Had Germaine Greer made her remarks while Steve Irwin was still alive and well, I doubt that anyone would have made any sort of fuss about it.

She's entitled to her opinion. Her timing was tasteless. I just find it rather odd that when someone dies (and especially someone whose life involved doing very dangerous things) he ipso facto becomes a complete saint who may not be criticised in any way at all.

Have a go at Germaine Greer for her timing and insensitivity by all means.
But I don't see the need to vilify her as a person for expressing her opinion about someone.

Julia
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had she made the comments while he was still alive she wouldnt have gotten any press coverage,she is attention grabbing. in the long term this has got to bad for her(reminds me of mundines 9/11 comment) she also said on TV tonight that he tormented animals.....well i think the animals lost a great voice in irwin. good luck to her future prospects in australia and the word is RESPECT
 
Julia said:
....Have a go at Germaine Greer for her timing and insensitivity by all means. But I don't see the need to vilify her as a person for expressing her opinion about someone.
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Like - as if you can reason with Germaine - like as if you can get a word in edgewise lol. Nothing against you J, but I disagree with you on the rights of Germaine to express her lopsided opinion on his contribution to nature - probably 1,000,000 times that of the average mortal. As for the timing, I'd prefer that she expressed them in about 20 years - better still postumously.

This man was such a teddy bear - yet such devoted ties
to women that he loved sincere - and now such sad goodbyes
and "others" who for reasons known to only them and bhuddha
would choose to find some fault, some flaw-
where he couldda, wouldda, shouldda.

Enough that he scored nature's barbs, enough that he has died
Enough that half the world observes, and half of them have cried
But no, some "lady" (queen of bores), she wants the final say
Go Go Germaine - the floor is yours, ... we may just turn away.

"Surely God would not have created such a being as (this) man... to exist only for a day ! No, no, (this ) man was made for immortality.
Abe Lincoln 1809 - 1865
(this) added by 2020
 
Another in the same vein ..."A man has only one way of being immortal on this earth - he has to forget he is mortal" - Jean Giraudoux ;) kinda fits Steve Irwin and his lifestyle I suspect.

Here's another one (by way of contrast) "when I die I shall be content to vanish into nothingness... I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it" H L Menchen. .... HL Menchen ??? whoever heard of him lol. Probably some wuss!! Obviously he's never wrestled with crocs and stuff!!! Probably wet his pants lol. Probably never worn khaki - or seen a snake - in his life !!! Probably sits at home with his mum knitting !!! Or reading Germaine Greer ;)

Gee Steve, but you'd have been one hellova drinking companion - as if any of us could have kept up with you. ;)
 
It takes a cold hearted person to speak about Steve Irwin the way this Germaine character has... I believe Mr Irwins family and friends have enough to deal with without some loser badmouthing him.

This is just plain wrong and sick.


My condolences go out to Mrs. Irwin and the rest of the family. We'll be praying for you back here in the U.S.
 

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