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Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by willmore
Really - would you hold your kid over a croc's head? It was a publicity stunt done in very very poor taste and I would have reported him to children's social services! A sick stunt indeed! :rolleyes:
Please what have you posted is a great distortion of the actual incident!!!!! Yes what he did was follish BUT he did NOT dangle the child over the crocs head (BTW the croc was called Murray and both he and young Bob are still arive) |
Re: Steve Irwin
You're all being very unfair here.
He was a bit mad and his TV shows were entertaining - Don't know about you, but I always used to watch it to see if he'd get eaten!! But he did a lot of conservation work and ploughed all his money into the Austrailia Zoo making it one of the best zoos in the world (apparently!). He used to wrestle crocodiles, catch the worlds deadliest snakes and put poisness spiders down his pants (ok I'm exagerating about the pants!), but then got killed by a Stingray??!?!?! Hmm maybe not quite as hard sounding as getting mauled by a tiger shark, but when you're times up! ;) |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by Hangman
Who he?
e.g - on finding a snake sleeping in its burrow, he would pull it out by its tail then shout indignantly that it was in a bad temper! He was allegedly trying to get onto the stingray's back which, for some strange reason, annoyed the hell out of the stingray..... No doubt my comments will upset many of you, but the man was known to do stupid things - we all remember the incident with his month-old son and the croc. The man obviously loved animals but had little respect for them......his main concern was being a showman and a showoff. It's a sad loss for his family - I'll say no more. |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Sue,
Please what have you posted is a great distortion of the actual incident!!!!! Yes what he did was follish BUT he did NOT dangle the child over the crocs head (BTW the croc was called Murray and both he and young Bob are still arive) Would you do that with one of your kids BC? He's action go far beyond foolish - into the realm of unbelieveable and is he really a fit father? |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by willmore
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/...046983142.html
Would you do that with one of your kids BC? He's action go far beyond foolish - into the realm of unbelieveable and is he really a fit father? I'm with you on this one... |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by grumpy
He the man who liked to torment animals...
e.g - on finding a snake sleeping in its burrow, he would pull it out by its tail then shout indignantly that it was in a bad temper! He was allegedly trying to get onto the stingray's back which, for some strange reason, annoyed the hell out of the stingray..... No doubt my comments will upset many of you, but the man was known to do stupid things - we all remember the incident with his month-old son and the croc. The man obviously loved animals but had little respect for them......his main concern was being a showman and a showoff. It's a sad loss for his family - I'll say no more. It was Timothy Treadwell I have no clue about.:confused: |
Re: Steve Irwin
Condolences to Steve Iwin and family
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Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by grumpy
He the man who liked to torment animals...
e.g - on finding a snake sleeping in its burrow, he would pull it out by its tail then shout indignantly that it was in a bad temper! He was allegedly trying to get onto the stingray's back which, for some strange reason, annoyed the hell out of the stingray..... No doubt my comments will upset many of you, but the man was known to do stupid things - we all remember the incident with his month-old son and the croc. The man obviously loved animals but had little respect for them......his main concern was being a showman and a showoff. It's a sad loss for his family - I'll say no more. |
Re: Steve Irwin
What a sad time for us nature film lovers
Great man - one not too clever thing should not stop us admiring a man who has done so much for the animals of the world. He manage to engage the young with his daringness at that is no mean thing to do. He also got oldies like me on the edge of my seat!! A great guy!! |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by willmore
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/...046983142.html
Would you do that with one of your kids BC? He's action go far beyond foolish - into the realm of unbelieveable and is he really a fit father? what a laugh you are today, he was reported and he was investigated and it was decided that as it was his job and his expertise in dealing with crocs so it was no more danerous than you mothers cooking dinners, feeding a pet or drinking hot drinks whilst holding a baby. So you either remember the guy is dead and have some respect i.e the kids now have NO father. or get your facts straight before typing venom on the keyboard based on your own fears. OR report every parent who has ever lived for holding their baby in 1 arm whilst doing something else. Good forbid theres a dog in the same house with a baby when willmore is around. |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by Grah
what a laugh you are today, he was reported and he was investigated and it was decided that as it was his job and his expertise in dealing with crocs so it was no more danerous than you mothers cooking dinners, feeding a pet or drinking hot drinks whilst holding a baby.
So you either remember the guy is dead and have some respect i.e the kids now have NO father. or get your facts straight before typing venom on the keyboard based on your own fears. OR report every parent who has ever lived for holding their baby in 1 arm whilst doing something else. Good forbid theres a dog in the same house with a baby when willmore is around. And my facts are straight, thats why I included the link. As far as having respect Im very sorry that the man was so stupid that he got himself killed doing deeds that he was very very well paid for. Im sorry that his family has to now suffer the rest of their life because of his stupidity and I hope he invested his money wisely so they want for nothing. |
Re: Steve Irwin
The argument is a sad one so I'm not participating.
Saddens me to hear he's gone... |
Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by windward
The argument is a sad one so I'm not participating.
Saddens me to hear he's gone... And over as well! |
Re: Steve Irwin
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Re: Steve Irwin
Originally Posted by TheBellFamily
Sad as it sounds we feel like we've lost a family member. :(
We've loved Steve Irwin for years, in fact since he first started out. He creates mixed feelings in people but we admired his work immensely. He was a showman through and through, but 'crikey' he loved the animals. Today is a sad day. We can't seem to take in that he's gone. I keep expecting him to come on the TV and say "fooled ya!". Sadly that's not going to happen. The only other time we felt so affected by a death outside the family was when Di died. Poor Terri, Bindi and Bob! My heart breaks for them. They've been offered a state funeral for him, which is really touching. Has anyone ever met him? Penny |
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