Mike South On Steve Irwin

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by JR

he wasn't "just swimming in the ocean" - he was standing in the middle of 10 poisonous rays, made a move for the biggest one and it killed him.

shouldn't come as a shocker to ANYONE.

17 people have been killed by stingrays in recorded history. 21 people died this weekend on the roads of GA. Yes, it IS a shocker that he was killed by a stingray, IMO.

[JR]

Originally Posted by Peaches

17 people have been killed by stingrays in recorded history. 21 people died this weekend on the roads of GA. Yes, it IS a shocker that he was killed by a stingray, IMO.

i dont think its a shocker that a guy famous for doing over the top stuff with dangerous animals, finally got killed by doing over the top stuff with dangerous animals.

stats are irrelevant since a safe guess is that 16 of those people (and most people in general for that matter) didn't seek them out, proudly stand in the middle of them, enthusiastically jumping around, yelling out cute Aussi catch phrases, talking about how dangerous they are as they try to get close to the biggest one.

[tony404]

Originally Posted by Peaches

17 people have been killed by stingrays in recorded history. 21 people died this weekend on the roads of GA. Yes, it IS a shocker that he was killed by a stingray, IMO.

This brings something to mind isn't it funny how numb we are to auto deaths. When some big holiday weekend comes up,the news will say this weekend an estimated 200 people will die in auto accidents and most people instead of being shocked will say thats about right.
Also Mike likes to stir the pot so I wouldn't get to worked about what he says. Steve Irwin lived his life on his terms and for filled his dreams. How many people can say that?
They had on the news someone from the discovery channel and he said viewers want highly interactive animal programs. No one wants to watch animals from a distance. Its just like porn we all know condoms are best for safety but thats not what the viewers want.So we let unsafe practices happen.Are we really any different from Steve?