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Man, that’s really too bad.

The guy was a complete nut and handled animals and poisonous snakes that I wouldn’t get anywhere near. (It is my considered opinion that an unexpected encounter with a snake is the one thing that can make even a strong man squeal like a girl.) Yet he did it with a joy that was fun to watch.

I think its unfortunate that he died but he died doing what he loved to do. In the end how many of us will have that said about them?

Godspeed, Steve Irwin.

I never liked the way Irwin treated the animals. It was always foolish and disrespectful to them. You might say he was a self-pleasing strutter. His end was just a consequence. No loss for mankind at all ...

Jim: You’re a schmuck.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

I never liked the way Irwin treated the animals.

Jim,

At least he didn’t eat the damn things. 

Besides, the world is far worse for the loss of Steve Irwin than it would ever be for the loss of one more snake or crocodile.

My kids loved the Crocodile Hunter.  To me, this is a sad thing….....

Sharks , jellyfish, sea snakes, sting rays , everything in Austraila kills you.
even the platypus.

male platypuses will try to stab an attacker with hollow spurs on their hind legs. These spurs are connected to a sac containing poison strong enough to kill a dog.

meh .... don’t get me wrong,  but crocidile hunter was nothing compared to my generation’s Marlin Perkins .  Once a week this gentleman would host Mutal Of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom”  Classic stuff.

He had a underling named Jim Fowler who always had to hand the dangerous stuff.

“Watch out, Jim those teeth are sharp!” Is a classic line.

“It’s a dog eat dog world and we’re wearing milk bone underwear.” NP

Jim,

He spent millions of what he made handling those animals on a private sanctuary so that animals could live their entire lives in a protected environment. Your statement shows not only a lack of human compassion, but an inability to see the big picture.

jim you aint a shmuck.

personnaly im quite proud that the animal kingdom finally got their revenge on that asshole. you play with fire, your gonna get burned. you molest stingray, your gonna get stung.

how many fathers out there would dangle their child over a fucking crocodile to entertain a bunch of stupid aussies ?

you guys ever stop to think the crcodiles would rather be left alone in peace ?

oh no wait, they exist for idiots like steve irwin to catch and fuck with.

Ouch.

http://www.mote.org/clientuploads/sharks/Pictures/stingray_barb_web.jpg

Oh puh-leeze….

Jim and Tyler,.....you guys go have a burger, or maybe a steak, or perhaps some nice eggs (ever seen an egg farm?) and discuss how Steve Irwin was mean to animals.
Do you think those animals suffered some form of animal psychological trauma from being handled a bit? What, did it give a crocodile a complex or a snake some form of neurosis to be picked up? No harm was done. They don’t need psychiatric care on little animal couches.

Some perspective: That leather belt you’re wearing and those leather shoes or the seats in your nice SUV weren’t exactly donated by grateful barnyard creatures.

Some more perspective: That guy educated and entertained millions of kids who will understand the animals in this world far better than we ever did.

Before you snipe any more at this guy, take a trip to a slaughterhouse. And check the pictures of his kids.

Pilgrim: Not only that, but consider the reality of the life of an animal in the wild.  For the prey species, every day brings the possibility of being killed and eaten, or of being eaten alive.  Over time, it’s almost absolutely guaranteed.  Very few animals in the wild die of old age.  Every day is a struggle for survival.  For the predators, a meal is never guaranteed, and injury resulting in death from starvation or infection is a daily possibility.  Not so for animals in captivity.  It’s not about cruelty, it’s about freedom.

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

been to a slaughterhouse. didnt like that place either. mind you, i do love a big piece of cow on my plate, nothing better than a steak.

oh and i seen the pic of his kids.pity they wont grow up with their father.
the one with him holding his new-born baby over a crocodile - thats my favourite.
at least the child wont have to go through that again.

i said it before and i’ll say it again. you play matches, you’ll get burned. and i’ll just laugh at your stupidity.

This is very sad indeed. Although I obviously didn’t know him personally, he always seemed like a really nice guy to me. He was always positive and enthusiastic no matter what the situation. As for the idiots who are happy he’s gone, I think you’re very distasteful and rude. Like the guy or not it’s not like he was some kinda evil dictator or whatever. He did more to help people understand and respect animals than PETA could ever hope to accompish (which I suppose isn’t really saying much).

He died doing what he loved. Most will never be so lucky.

Good job Nick and Mickey. Says it all.

Sorry to see him go, I always liked his show. He knew the risks of what he did, and he accepted them. Alot more people need to learn that lesson in their lives. And deaths.

Tyler writes both

“personnaly im quite proud that the animal kingdom finally got their revenge on that asshole. (...)you guys ever stop to think the crcodiles would rather be left alone in peace ? (...)oh no wait, they exist for idiots like steve irwin to catch and fuck with.”

and

“mind you, i do love a big piece of cow on my plate, nothing better than a steak.”

You are an idiotic hypocrite.

And a panderer.

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

I used to watch his show :( too bad he’s gone. It seems that so many people die “early” these days…He wasn’t much younger than my dad…

Anyways, I wonder how long it took to get him, that barb had to hurt…there had to be someone with him or something…

SS, apparently he died pretty much instantly. The venom on a ray’s barb is a neuro-toxin and it struck directly into the heart. A one in a million hit. He probably had time to realize what had happened before he was gone. There are far worse ways to die.

You are an idiotic hypocrite

come on, you can do better than that. wheres the anger ? wheres the emotion ?

Tyler: And you wonder why no one takes you seriously?

I’m guessing you’re 12—14 at most. Come back when you’ve grown up.

Tyler: And you wonder why no one takes you seriously?

when have i wondered that ? are you a mind reader now animal-rights dave ?

I’m guessing you’re 12—14 at most. Come back when you’ve grown up.

good guess my friend, sadly your way off. have another go. go on, you know you want to . . !

It’s kinda fun watching Dave being baited for once.

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

Hey, tyler? When mommy lets you use the computer again tell us what a big man you are. We never get tired of that shit.

Hey, tyler? When mommy lets you use the computer again tell us what a big man you are. We never get tired of that shit.

was that an insult ? are you calling me a man ?

Wow! you really put us in our place. Directly above you in the foodchain. What a stupid ass.

Directly above you in the foodchain

cats are above us in the food chain ? christ almighty ! does anyone else know about this or just you ?

your so easy to wind up. you need to relax asshole.
im off to pretend im a big man. with breasts . . .
hmmm this might be hard. having a guys name can be tough !

tyler: Big breasts?

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

Yep, especially when you are a whiny leftard.

yes robert, big breasts

whats a leftard ? cant seem to find it in the dictionary. should i look under the stupid made-up words section ?

Since you are a stupid made up leftard perhaps you should, leftard.

This is an appeal to all of you to just please cool the rhetoric.  The insults serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever, and while, as a male, I was fascinated to find out that Tyler has large breasts— :-D —I can really do without the vitriol that is going both ways.  Then again, maybe I am a voice in the wilderness here…........

Leftard is as leftard does. Scroll on up and read the wonderful things tyler has to say about Irwin. Smacking tyler is just plain fun.

Look, I don’t agree with Tyler about Steve Irwin, as my first post indicates, but that is neither here nor there.  There is a certain civility that I think should be used to express disagreement with someone, and that civility has been absent in this debate.  Words like “leftard” are, for lack of a better description, just plain silly, and are no better than the idiotic “Bush is a Nazi” chant we hear so often out of the far left.  Neither description advances anything beyond a perception that the person using the term(s) can’t debate properly.

2Hotel9, there are probably far more issues on which we would agree than those on which we would disagree.  That said, I still think that the language used here really doesn’t accomplish anything.

Smackin’ leftards is every American’s duty, and I shall not stop.

you will be forever missed steve…

sign the guestbook at

http://www.remembersteve.com

Thanks for the link, henric. Much appreciated.

tyler: “yes robert, big breasts ”

Way cool!

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

Yes, thank you for the link, henric.

you are all a bunch of tossers. Steve Irwin made millions entertaining people and saving wildlife.  He died for his job. Would you die if your computer snuffed it. I have a hard time understanding why Americans dig this stuff. I live in Australia and yes lots of stuff kills you, but we dont eat possums either.

you are all a bunch of tossers. Steve Irwin made millions entertaining people and saving wildlife. He died for his job.

Read above Heidi. Most comments are quite sympathetic to Steve.

And I have been to Australia, and I live in the United States.

I must state for the record that I was never offered possum to eat in either place.

I know, I know but you have to ask the question why…
Its not like he is Jacques Cousteau. He saved crocodiles there are lots of places that do. He bought lots of land and houses he was mostly great at marketing himself and his zoo. Most of us hated him because he portrayed Australians like Paul Hogan “throw another shrimp on the barbi”.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20355593-2,00.html

Most of us hated him because he portrayed Australians like Paul Hogan “throw another shrimp on the barbi”.

That’s petty.

The man was who he was. I doubt very many around the world believe that he represented little else but himself. The guy was that unique.

No its not petty, its true. He used it as a form of marketing himself. Australian venacular is an easy thing to attatch to “crikey”. What miraculous things did he do?  Handle a snake? Dangle his baby in front of a croc?  My son will look at this and think its great to be bitten by a snake but will it teach him how important it is to save the animals. I dont think so. I think he is more likely to say “crikey”.. Are you going to donate to his animal fund?

Heidi, I think you are missing the point here. The morons taking a crap on Steve are not us. Not sure, I think you have commented here before, hence you should recognise most of us. If I am mistaken, sorry. jim and tyler are tossers, no fucking doubt about that. And yes, I have friends in AU and NZ who think the man was less than sterling. He marketed himself shamelessly, made a great deal of money, and spent a great deal of it to the benefit of Australia’s wildlife and people. He knew the risks, and took them with abandon and gladness in his heart.

I am just trying to give a bit more balance

and to use another venacular, “take the piss”.

Heidi asked, Are you going to donate to his animal fund?

No. Because I don’t care.

I think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.

ha ha ha. we dont get moles here.

I tried, to use the venacular"fuck off”.

charming! to respond to your earlier question… no i havent been on this blog before and if this is the way you encourage people to comment…. you can shove it up your jumper.

Bye.

Oh, good grief, will everyone PLEASE get a grip!

There is a certain civility that I think should be used to express disagreement with someone, and that civility has been absent in this debate.

My point exactly

I am not disagreeing with you. You made your point, I made my point. You may now leave. You are dismissed. Bye.

I’m also his fan.. so sad that he had to leave us. I love his TV shows! I love him playing with crocodiles.. RIP Steve. Steve Irwin Memorial is a tribute for you..

Steve’s message is that all life is precious.

We all have opinions; that’s what makes us unique. Those who have negative comments about Steve, he would most likely say about them;

“I love those blokes! I’d kiss them on the lips if they’d let me but they are what they are and they would just as soon snap me in two if given half the chance! I love ‘em so much! If they were in trouble; I’d come flat out like a lizard drinkin’ to their rescue!”

I’m an ultralight trike pilot; see his movie.

I love you all.
Cheers.

I love you to, Steve.

i know this conversation u all had was ages ago
but ur alll pathetic, snaping at each other for each others shity comments
he died, he was a person, he probs lived a better life then all those people that doubted him, if u did doubt him your either jealous or are too bored with your own boring lives you have to abuse him for having different morals. just because he liked to spend his money on conservation and you guys liek to spend it on alcohol and shit knows what else, no need to bag him
how can u bag some1 who dead haev sum fuking respect somehitng those lack of!