RIP Steve Irwin

[dabbler]

Originally Posted by prozac

I almost died the exact same way last year. eerie.

you got a stingray barb through your chest and survived?

[Mangle]

This is a great loss for all animals great and small, as well as the environment we all share. The fact that this great man is dead and George Bush still roams the Earth is further proof there is no God.

[Jen-E-03]

Unfortunately he had it coming. I'm actually suprised it was a ray that got him and not a crocodile. I feel bad for his family, but they too must have known it would happen sooner than later.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

Unfortunately he had it coming. I'm actually suprised it was a ray that got him and not a crocodile. I feel bad for his family, but they too must have known it would happen sooner than later.

How very sympathetic of you. You don't think George Bush maybe has it coming more? I mean, Irwin never hurt a fly and Dubya has murdered hundreds of thousands of people. Perhaps we just have different definitions of deserved death.

[Jen-E-03]

^ Wow, was this thread about George Bush or was it about Steve Irwin? I'm sure there are a lot of people in this world that have it coming to them, but let's stay on topic..geez

[Jen-E-03]

Originally Posted by Mangle

How very sympathetic of you. You don't think George Bush maybe has it coming more? I mean, Irwin never hurt a fly and Dubya has murdered hundreds of thousands of people. Perhaps we just have different definitions of deserved death.

I wasn't saying he deserved death, but so the saying goes "If you play with fire, you're going to get burned" or something to that effect.

[prozac]

Originally Posted by dabbler

you got a stingray barb through your chest and survived?

I came within 6 inches of having a styingray barb in my chest while snorkelling. I'll type the full story later when I have time.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

I wasn't saying he deserved death, but so the saying goes "If you play with fire, you're going to get burned" or something to that effect.

The reason he did that was to bring people in and make them care enough about animals to want to save them, even scary ones. Yes, it was dangerous, but he was trying to save something. Saying he had it coming is like saying firemen have it coming, as they literally play with fire.

[Play-it-hard]

they do have it coming too ... now pull the stick out of your ass and learn not to fuckin debate everything

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Play-it-hard

they do have it coming too

We all have it coming, jackass. In Irwin's case, it's a huge loss.

[Play-it-hard]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

Unfortunately he had it coming. I'm actually suprised it was a ray that got him and not a crocodile. I feel bad for his family, but they too must have known it would happen sooner than later.

This is what she said .. its unfortunate.. its not like she was like " ohh that steve irwin.. I am glad hes dead."

No need to bring in george bush.. nor debate peoples responses when not needed.

[Jen-E-03]

Originally Posted by Mangle

The reason he did that was to bring people in and make them care enough about animals to want to save them, even scary ones. Yes, it was dangerous, but he was trying to save something. Saying he had it coming is like saying firemen have it coming, as they literally play with fire.

A firefighter's job is to save lives by putting fires out. They get in there to help then get the fuck out. Firemen don't play with fire, they put it out. Steve Irwin was a good guy, but he put his life in danger for the purpose of entertainment. Mangle you are an idiot. Please check your karma.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

Steve Irwin was a good guy, but he put his life in danger for the purpose of entertainment. Mangle you are an idiot.

Steve Irwin did what he did mainly for the animals, not our entertainment. He started his show as a way to better reach people and make them care about saving animals and the environment, not to make money and be famous. You would know that if you actually knew anything about the guy. The Jackass guys have it coming; Steve Irwin was a great human being. Jen-E-03 you are a retarded bitch from hell.

[dave mcnasty]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

A firefighter's job is to save lives by putting fires out. They get in there to help then get the fuck out. Firemen don't play with fire, they put it out. Steve Irwin was a good guy, but he put his life in danger for the purpose of entertainment. Mangle you are an idiot. Please check your karma.

lol! for entertainment? before his tv show irwin and his father had a zoo with more than 150 crocodiles in it....all of which were caught by their own bare hands, or born in there. he successfully captured and relocated dozens of crocodiles that were a threat to local people and livestock without injurying himself or the crocodiles......and he has done the same for many other kinds of animals......he wasnt just fucking with animals to entertain people......when he was filming, he was either educating people.....or relocating animals that were a risk to nearby people, or in danger in their current environment.

he knew what the fuck he was doing with every animal he dealt with.....he was capturing little crocodiles when he was like nine....a croc would have never got him...... and i really dont think he had this coming....like i said before this was a freak accident that could have happened to anyone.......using your metaphor, you could say he was a fireman who got struck by lightning while hosing down a building.....he wasnt playing with fire ever....cuz he knew how to put it out......in this situation....any skill he had around animals couldnt stop a usually harmless creature from launching a 10 inch barb into his heart

[project.one]

anyone else watch the show on Discovery Ch. dedicated to Steve?

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by dave mcnasty

this was a freak accident that could have happened to anyone...

And Steve wouldn't have blamed the stingray either. He said he never blamed the animal (in reference to Sigfried & Roy, at the time) on his Larry King interview, which I watched live and again when they replayed it a couple days ago. Anyone else catch that? Man, Larry is a f*cking ogre. He wouldn't let any of the animals get anywhere near him.

[-evil-duerr-]

^^^ dude, i saw larry king the other day and they had some animal/bug guy on there. long story short, I tuned in and Larry King was calmley interviewing this man while 3 humongous cockcroaches were all over larry kings shirt.

the funny part was how natural it seemed for Larry King's corpse like body to be infested with insects, and how nonchalant he acted the whole time.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

^^^ dude, i saw larry king the other day and they had some animal/bug guy on there. long story short, I tuned in and Larry King was calmley interviewing this man while 3 humongous cockcroaches were all over larry kings shirt.

the funny part was how natural it seemed for Larry King's corpse like body to be infested with insects, and how nonchalant he acted the whole time.

ROFL
I can totally picture that.

Seriously, though, who would want to touch a monkey?

[-evil-duerr-]

only if it was pretty

[Mangle]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...25/lkl.01.html
Here's a transcript of Steve on Larry King. There's some great stuff in there.

[DiZz_E]

Crikey!