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Tired of this Steve Irwin Crap!

Tue Sep 5, 2006, 12:00 AM
I've seen and heard a lot of folks say, "I think he would have wanted to go out like that" or some variation upon that same theme, and I'm tried of it. It's crap.

The bottom line is that except for psychologically damaged/deranged individuals, nobody wants to have one of these [link] to get rammed into their chest, pierce their heart and introduce toxic venom, then get ripped back out or broke off inside them as their preferred method of death.

Nobody remotely sane would consider that a good or worthwhile way to die.

And from all indications Steve Irwin would NOT have wanted an animal to end his life, because as a publicly-stated conservationist, he would not have wanted an animal to get the bad press for it.

It's like people whining about American casualties in Iraq...it's crap and I'm tired of hearing it. Yes, it saddens me to hear about a soldier's death, but we've lost less people in the entire time we've been in Iraq than we lost on some *DAYS* in the Civil War.

What I'm getting at is that perspective is important...and it irritates me when people lose theirs.

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He was going to get it eventually because he was always doing stupid things like grabbing snakes by the tail and hugging Crocks. Next one who is going to die is probably Jeff Corwin he's even dummer.

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It's really sad that he died, especially by the animals he loved so much. I feel bad for his wife and two young children. The good news is he died almost instantly so he probably felt no pain, and he died doing what he loved.

And about the Civil War thing, yes more Americans died, but that's thinking of it as Americans versus Americans. That's the same as saying no one but British people died in the Revolutionary War. We don't think of it that way because we drafted our own constitution, but so did the Conferderates. If we want to be most accurate, we have to view them the same way we view ourselves in the American Revolution: as a different country.

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Yes...but wouldn't that place us Americans as the mercenaries/foreigners hired/asked to help overthrow the rule of the oppressive king? Granted the Iraqi people didn't ask, but most of them were under the impression they'd been born under Saddam's rule and would die under it, and not have any real choice in the matter.

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Wow.... lol. Yah Stever Erwin was a dumb ass for what he did every day of his life, I dont want to say he was asking for it but he kinda was in a way. Yes there are definitly more people out there like him who are more stupider and do more stupid things that will A either die too, or B grow a brain and stop there job and do something else, Sadly though everyone is worried about money so much thet B is a far off distant place because they want that condo so bad. Thats what irritates me. Yah i get the whole concept if we didnt pay extremly high prices for meds or even get the full cure even it is out there we shouldnt have it so well have more deaths for more room. Sorry, but that kinda sickens me to think that way. None of us can go to the moon, why? cause everyone needs money. They need money for fule, the need money for items on the shuttle, etc , etc. Money money money go shove it somewhere! Also about the whole war things yah we only had so many die at that time but no offence my friend go to the crying families and say that and see what they have to say to you on it. Small deaths are deaths thats why its over heard in some cases. The only thing that annoys me oof the public is that news rambles on all day of the same crap over and over and over again. Also they ramble on about everything were doing, have planned, etc. Its sick and rather a foul taste in my mouth. Yes news is good for the public but again its bad too. Good in the fact it alerts us whats going on in the world. Bad because bam were going to march here and do this on this so and so day at this so and so time. Its like might as well put a big red arrow pointing right at us saying HIT ME!!! WHERE DOING THIS HERE!!! come on! -mumbles- think i rambled on enough this morning.

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I disagree with you. When I hadn't seen much of his stuff I used to think he was an idiot, but when you see how passionate he was, how freely he gave of himself and the way he just projected himself to so many people, no fear, he was just so true and I have to respect that.

Also I was pretty amazed at how anyone that brought in that kind of money didn't even buy himself a new 4wd, he just spent it all on land for wildlife conservation. At the end of the day I sure as heck appreciate everything he did, I think he was so valuable for children to see, his personality but also the way he informed to show there's no need to be scared, just be aware of the risks and still love the animals!

After seeing all the tributes, I think he was a great ambassador, a good person that has achieved awesome things for this world...How many people can say that they had such an impact on something so important to us??

I actually think the way he died was ok, would have been quick and he died doing something he was so passionate about. I personally would much rather die doing something I loved (or simply go to sleep one night and not wake up) as oppose to getting hit by a bus etc - do you understand what I mean?

Also with the freakishly rare way he died, I think it will help to keep his dream and his work alive for much longer to come. Something like 3 people in the entire documented history have been killed by stingrays, go out with style I say!!

But seriously, I respect the guy and all his achievements.
I never said I didn't approve of what he did or what he did with his earnings. Don't read more into what I said than what I actually said.

I just don't think he would have chosen to die like that if he'd been given a choice. And no, it wasn't quick. He survived long enough to pull out the barb. Quick and painless is a shotgun to the head, not a large poison spike through the chest into the heart with time to pull it out.

The connotation I'm getting at is that he loved animals, and he would not have wanted an animal to be blamed for his death because of the negativity that would result towards that animal. In all the shows I ever watched of him, the man wanted nothing but good things for wildlife.

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