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Crocodile Hunter

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TheBubba

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Wow... yes, he will be missed. Prayers to his family and friends.

That's a huge suprise.
 
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jai5w4

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Of all the dangerous things this man has done for YEARS... This really is a freak occurance and a tragedy.

Thoughts and prayers with him and his.

-jai5w4
 
A4sForever

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Sorry, people ... I have a different take on Steve Irwin, a.k.a. the "Croc Hunter". If you think it "insensitive" of me ... so be it:

Steve Irwin became a marketing icon. He made a ton of money by doing the "outrageous" and "dangerous". How many times can you play Russian roulette with wild, potentially dangerous animals before one of the chambers comes up with a live round in it ???

I don't know the details of this particular incident, but the guy did it to himself ... I'm sorry for the family he left behind. THAT's the tragedy. His kids will grow up without a Father and the wife lost her husband.

But the "Croc Hunter" ??? He's been burning the candle at both ends for a long, long time. It finally caught up with him ...
 
TurnandBurn55

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A4sForever said:
..."outrageous" and "dangerous".... Russian roulette... the guy did it to himself ... burning the candle at both ends... It finally caught up with him ...
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I've heard those sort of comments made by members of the left wing of the political spectrum about some of our comrades in arms.

I think Steve Irwin was doing what he loved. He was a passionate conservationist who wanted to bring his of nature to the world. Was it dangerous? Yes. Was it foolish? Probably. But I'm sure a lot of people would say the same thing about landing on boat at night in bad weather...
 
Brett327

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TurnandBurn55 said:
I've heard those sort of comments made by members of the left wing of the political spectrum about some of our comrades in arms.

I think Steve Irwin was doing what he loved. He was a passionate conservationist who wanted to bring his of nature to the world. Was it dangerous? Yes. Was it foolish? Probably. But I'm sure a lot of people would say the same thing about landing on boat at night in bad weather...
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I know you're playing contrarian, but one activity has a legitimate national security purpose, the other is just cheap entertainment - worlds of difference.

Brett
 
HighDimension

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A4sForever said:
Steve Irwin became a marketing icon. He made a ton of money by doing the "outrageous" and "dangerous". How many times can you play Russian roulette with wild, potentially dangerous animals before one of the chambers comes up with a live round in it ???
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A4s,

Steve Irwin, although he made money, can't be compared to other "marketing icons." You see stars out there taking these little one-week trips to Africa to see the affect of AIDS, povery, etc.. They do it for the cameras and the publicity. (They make me sick.) This guy was out there living for his cause. He put the money he earned into something he believed in. He wasn't just some fairweather spokeman that decided one day to do this just for TV.

I agree it might seem dangerous and crazy, but he had been doing this since he was a young child. He was doing all this stuff with animals before the TV show and the Movies came around. He used those mediums to help him in his quest for conservation of wildlife. This was his life and he died doing something he loved and believed in!

-HD
 
makana

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A4sForever said:
Sorry, people ... I have a different take on Steve Irwin, a.k.a. the "Croc Hunter". If you think it "insensitive" of me ... so be it:

Steve Irwin became a marketing icon. He made a ton of money by doing the "outrageous" and "dangerous". How many times can you play Russian roulette with wild, potentially dangerous animals before one of the chambers comes up with a live round in it ???

I don't know the details of this particular incident, but the guy did it to himself ... I'm sorry for the family he left behind. THAT's the tragedy. His kids will grow up without a Father and the wife lost her husband.

But the "Croc Hunter" ??? He's been burning the candle at both ends for a long, long time. It finally caught up with him ...
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Yeah, sorry A4s, no disrespect but I have to raise the BS flag on your post. Take out the "Steve Irwin" and replace it with any random pilot's name and you can say the same for any of us. We play Russian roulette every time we fly. You can also replace flying or playing with deadly animals with any number of activities with inherent risks.

He was very passionate about what he did and loved every minute of it. He was also known to be extremely knowlegeable and good at what he did just as I'm sure you could be described that way as a pilot. Luckily for you and all of us on this forum, our chambers haven't come up with a round...yet. I'm not trying to be morbid or a naysayer, just making the analogy.
 
A4sForever

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HighDimension said:
...This was his life and he died doing something he loved and believed in! -HD
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I believe that ... but let's not get all dewey-eyed over a guy who could be tossing a chunk of meat to a Croc snarling 3 feet away while holding his one-year old son under the other arm .... :) ... YIKES, Dad !!!

Just because he "loved it" doesn't make it a "loveable" thing ... please.

I'm not trying to say "he killed himself" ... how could I know that?? I'm just saying he did a lot of stupid ... repeat ... stupid and unneccesary things for .... what?? .... because he was "passionate" about consevation and "loved it"???

Why don't you go do a roll @ 100' over the beach?? That would be a BLAST !!!

You go your way on this one ... I'll go mine .... no harm, no foul.
 
skidkid

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I dont know where to start on this one. I will go out on a limb and say that sticking your finger in a Crocodiles @ss is a tad less safe than say a four engine P-3 with established procedures for when things go wrong.
Yes, our proffesion is on the more dnagerous side of things but I'm going with A4s on this one, Im really surprised it took this long for the Crocodile hunter.
Edit: do you truly equate flying to playing Russian Roullette? if so go see the FLight Surgeon immediately
 
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