|
|
Post by technohawk on Sept 5, 2006 0:19:59 GMT -8
yea he did, and obviously his wife accepted his lifestyle, he was like that before they got married. So she knew the potential for his life ending early.
As for dxlightning's assertion that he should have known better... He did not expect a stingray attack as they are extremely rare, which is why it took him by suprise.
I think the reason he lived to be as old as 44 was that while he was a risk-taker, he was still quite aware of the potential for death when he was around the dangerous animals and would have always been at a hightened alert sense while around them.
Being around creatures that rarely attack... his sense of danger would be low.
Gotta love the christian perspective on it. I would have expected "Well now he's in heaven reaping the rewards etc.. But instead we get the inference that God hates him and killed him and it's GOOD that he did it. That sounds like a modern christian view to me, just not a good christian view.
But ill leave any more for the jesus thread.
|
|
PhoenixFlare500
Diamond Membership
I like chocolate[ss:LostPeon's Gray][ss:LostPeon's Gray]
Posts: 896
|
Post by PhoenixFlare500 on Sept 5, 2006 6:40:37 GMT -8
You know if you got that from my post I'm terribly sorry. But apparently he was not a Christian, so I can't say that "he's in heaven reaping the rewards". When I said it's better for some people to die that did not necessarily apply in this case, I merely said it because it's true for other people. It's like if your grandmother's in a hospital bed suffering terribly as she dies. I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't hesitate to pull the plug here, but where did they get that right?
|
|
|
|
Post by Prone on Sept 5, 2006 7:07:58 GMT -8
I prefer to not be a hypocrit. I thought he was a fool in life, I still think he was a fool in death. I mean, he cornered the thing and didn't have any protection on his torso against a sting. If he's a true zoologist, he would have prepared better. That's not to say he deserved to die, but as chal said, he was flirting with death his entire career. It just finally caught up to him. Cruel, but it's true. I'm sure if you had asked him that when he was still alive, that why didn't he prepare before doing it, im sure he would have told you, "this is my life. I love the thrill of danger. I'm open to all kinds of danger, but this is my life, and i love doing what i do. Being in the most amount of danger is the total thrill of my life." He just loved doing what he did. One mistake like this, and it cost him his life. His death is hard to many, but in all i think he died the best way: doing what he loved. |
|
|
|
Post by raen7 on Sept 20, 2006 23:36:36 GMT -8
I'll say what I said on Tuesday:
Today, the world said goodbye to Steve Irwin, the "Croc Hunter". He'll be missed dearly, by both his loyal, adoring fans, and the casual channel-flipper who happens to catch his contagiously enthusiastic "Crikey!" and "she's a beauty!" while passing by Discovery or Animal Planet.
You can stand there and tell me he got what was coming to him, that he was a lunatic, that he should have known better... I really don't give a damn. He was a passionate, good-hearted, hard-working man, who did what he loved and never looked back.
So whether you'll miss him too, or you want to make fun of me for being a sap, post your thoughts. Me, I'm gonna raise a glass for Steve, and say "g'bye, mate", for the last time.
|
|
|
|
Post by greeny on Sept 21, 2006 16:09:55 GMT -8
i believe that as long as you live a good life... whatever is there will reward you. whether it be god... buddha... rbob... flying spaghetti monster...
|
|
dxlightning
Platinum Membership
[ss:LostPeon's Gray][ss:LostPeon's Gray]
Posts: 1,246
|
Post by dxlightning on Sept 21, 2006 17:54:46 GMT -8
Y'all hear about how people are killing stingrays in cold blood to "avenge" his death?
|
|
|
|
Post by raen7 on Sept 21, 2006 23:02:07 GMT -8
Those people obviously never got Irwin's message straight. It makes them pretty big hypocrites, don't ya think?
|
|
