Whens it okay to laugh? (regarding steve irwin)

[lildonkey]

taken from another board.. personally i think it's tasteless to make light of a situation like this that has happened not even a week ago..

Recent events compel the question.

They say laughter is the best medicine.

On the other hand, it's rude to laugh while others are still crying.

What's the right thing to do?

Do you condemn those who are laughing simply because they are laughing BEFORE you?

Do you indulge your own impulses to laugh only in private, at least until clearly EVERYBODY is laughing.

Or do you just go out there and feel however ya feel and say "go fuck yourself" to anyone who disagrees?

[prozac]

Me and my friends had a little chuckle when we heard about it, but I don't think it was mean-spirited or anything...we just appreciate the irony. Which doesn't mean we don't feel for his family, etc etc...

So, it's ok to see the humour. IMO.

[ground zero]

i read somewhere that people who laugh at something morbid like death should seriously get their head checked.

[project.one]

People deal with things in different ways.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Seriously, who didn't think he was asking for it with all of his antics.

It's sad that it killed him... but you HAD to expect something to happen eventually.

R.I.P.

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Seriously, who didn't think he was asking for it with all of his antics.

It's sad that it killed him... but you HAD to expect something to happen eventually.

R.I.P.

I hope that when i die, i die doing something that i'm passionate about also though...

[Clayton.]

What is there to laugh about?

[dave mcnasty]

Originally Posted by Ever666

What is there to laugh about?

^^^^^

[Jumpin Jenny]

I don’t think people in North America really appreciate what this man actually does. He is not just the crocodile hunter on his television show, he does so much more. Living on the other side of the world here most people don’t understand. I was in Australia this year and I got to go to his zoo, where he spends most of his time caring for the animals he has saved. He goes around rescuing injured animals that have been hit by cars like wombats, kangaroos and wallabies. His mission was to educate people about animals and how they live. I have never seen another human who loves and cares about animals so much. He has taken environmentalism to a new level. He has got younger people, and people all over the world interested, because of his enthusiasm and how much he finds all animals interesting. Whoever thinks this is funny is sick, who ever says he had it coming could say that about any person who has a hazardous job, but it doesn’t mean they deserve to die. I believe he was an awesome person and he died doing what made him happy. I really feel sorry for his wife and 2 girls, because they are going to suffer the most from losing their husband and father. You wouldn’t laugh if this happened to you so don’t make fun of it happening to someone else’s family. Thats my opinion.
Sorry for being so intense about this but i cryed when I heard about this on the news.

[Clayton.]

Very well said.^^

[dabbler]

its ok to laugh when its funny

[dave mcnasty]

yeah it seems like everyone doesnt get it.......he wasnt just fucking around with animals or being a daredevil......he was rescuing or relocating endangered animals....or telling people about the problems they face

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by Jumpin Jenny

I have never seen another human who loves and cares about animals so much.

Clear case of a beastiality freak, poor wallabies.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Ever666

What is there to laugh about?

Exactly. What was funny about Dale Earnheart dying while racing a car? What would be funny about a hockey player dying from a bad injury in a game? I just don't see what's funny about saying someone had it coming because they have a dangerous job. Where's the punchline? I deal with death by making jokes, that's my personality, but the point is to actually make a joke and not just laugh because someone died. In regards to how soon it's appropriate to actually make jokes, South Park did an episode on that (apparently, AIDS is funny now).

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Exactly. What was funny about Dale Earnheart dying while racing a car? What would be funny about a hockey player dying from a bad injury in a game? I just don't see what's funny about saying someone had it coming because they have a dangerous job. Where's the punchline? I deal with death by making jokes, that's my personality, but the point is to actually make a joke and not just laugh because someone died. In regards to how soon it's appropriate to actually make jokes, South Park did an episode on that (apparently, AIDS is funny now).

Death is a joke as old and dry as the deserts themselves.

PS:What do you do when life gives you AIDS ?.....Make LemonAIDS !1!!!!!

Thats from that funny jew chick somethinorothersteinberggoldschmidt....: 285:

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by Jumpin Jenny

I don’t think people in North America really appreciate what this man actually does. He is not just the crocodile hunter on his television show, he does so much more. Living on the other side of the world here most people don’t understand. I was in Australia this year and I got to go to his zoo, where he spends most of his time caring for the animals he has saved. He goes around rescuing injured animals that have been hit by cars like wombats, kangaroos and wallabies. His mission was to educate people about animals and how they live. I have never seen another human who loves and cares about animals so much. He has taken environmentalism to a new level. He has got younger people, and people all over the world interested, because of his enthusiasm and how much he finds all animals interesting. Whoever thinks this is funny is sick, who ever says he had it coming could say that about any person who has a hazardous job, but it doesn’t mean they deserve to die. I believe he was an awesome person and he died doing what made him happy. I really feel sorry for his wife and 2 girls, because they are going to suffer the most from losing their husband and father. You wouldn’t laugh if this happened to you so don’t make fun of it happening to someone else’s family. Thats my opinion.
Sorry for being so intense about this but i cryed when I heard about this on the news.

I love you

[-evil-duerr-]

ya, i still dont see what is so damn funny about a man losing his life tragically.

It isnt funny, anyone who thinks it is needs to get some fucking class.
Or at the very least, shut the fuck up.

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Seriously, who didn't think he was asking for it with all of his antics.

It's sad that it killed him... but you HAD to expect something to happen eventually.

R.I.P.

sure, we all expected it to some degree. thats not up for debate.

the fact that people get a kick out of it is what is sick.

[Flip]

I think it would have been funny if he was killed by a koala. Cute but deadly.

[Diamonite]

Originally Posted by Flip

I think it would have been funny if he was killed by a koala. Cute but deadly.

Deadly koala lol. It's sad to see the croc master go. But in that line of work shit mang I saw it coming.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Flip

I think it would have been funny if he was killed by a koala. Cute but deadly.

And, as Irwin informed me, going extinct.

[prozac]

^koalas?

nuh-uh. In some parts of Australia they've introduced sterilizations because they're reproducing too fast.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/as...ull/index.html

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by prozac

^koalas?
nuh-uh.

Wait for it.

[Jen-E-03]

^ oh good, cuz koalas are just so friggin cute :D
Outposted edit: for prozac

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by Flip

I think it would have been funny if he was killed by a koala. Cute but deadly.

i don't think a koala could kill him, but i think one could give him syphilis... it's a big problem in the koala "community" because they are "fucking sluts".