The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Steve Irwin, according to this radical feminist author and Australian iconoclast.
"The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing ten times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn."…
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26 - Alana Ciprian
I can't believe this Germaine Gereer I mean who does she think she is, Steve is a wonderful person who absolutely loves everyone and everything. I don't think that there is a heartless person out there that would agree with her disgusted opinions and if there are there arn't very many am i right. There was no way that Steve would ever have put his children in danger just like the baby Bob incident, if he didn't know what he was doing Terri would never have let him near that croc with Baby Bob, that just goes to show how much she really trusted him. He was the man who showed Australia What Australia is all about. How does she think we learn so much, the animals trusted him as much as he trusted them, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on that awful day. IF anyone should of been stung by a sting ray it should of been GERMAINE GREER all she is in it just for is the money to sit infront of the television getting paid top dollar for it, at least steve made his own money for doing what he loved best and gave it to charity, what do you do with you'rs just keep it for your self. Your nothing GERMAINE never was and surely never will be. Well it might piss GERMAINE off but i'm glad that BINDI is starting her shows next year following in her fathers footsteps which is great because then we will have BINDI as the next croc hunter take that GERMAINE go and stick it. For the record I think that STEVE IRWIN should be on the next 50c coin if you ask me. He died doing what he loved best He always said that he would die in the water and he was exactly right. R.I.P Steve you were always the best and will always be the best. Farwell STEVE.
27 - LARNZ
Honestly who ever the 8th person on this list is they should really get a life, because steve was making the money and giving it to charity and i bet if the cameras were on you all the time you would be posing for them you sound like that you would want to be in the limelight 24/7. But i guess they wouldnt want to look at your ugly face you might crack them, at least steve had a reason to be on camera everyone absolutely loved him and always will. I think that you deserve to be stung by the sting ray. And who do you think that you are saying people are sick if they get entertained about steve MEANT to be tormenting animals your the one sitting there and saying if they put his death video on the comedy channel you'll be the one laughing about it, then lady honestly I believe that your the one who is sick your worse than that GERMAINE GREER thing. The Australia ZOO was built to show people what animals we have here in Australia and to learn about them DERRR. Most of the animals would love to be in that place then out in the wild cause there getting well looked after that place is not a cage and if you think it is well i think that you should go live in it cause you sound so boring and worsly annoying.
28 - David Landin Jr.
Steve has done more in his 44 years than she'll do ever in the rest of her life.I have never seen on his program were he ever hurt an animal.Greer should back off she didn't know him like friends and family did.While she was sitting on her fat tail writing useless books he was out catching and relocating crocodiles out of places were they might pose a problem to the population and pets and giving them a new and better home.
29 - samantha barnes
Germaine Greer you really are a mean person...you have no right putting Steve Irwin down i noticed you called him an Animal Tormentor,He was no such thing he was a hero with a wife and chilren who do not deserve to put up with your crap...well i think your a world tormentor have you ever heard the phrase IF YOU DONT HAVE SOME THING NICE TO SAY DONT SAY NOTHING...you really need to think about that before opening your mouth next time....soon you'll be starting on Peter Brock our other AUSSIE HERO...i've already vioced my opionion's about you in NT news and would love to hear from you.I promise you i will stand beside Steve Irwin and his family every step off the way...my love goes out to MY IDOL and AUSSIE HERO Steve and his loving family...may you Rest In Peace my friend.....
P.S. grow a heart Germaine Greer im really desgusted in you...i really think it should have been her instead off Steve.....
30 - Jonathan
Germaine is a pseudo-intellectual, cynical, unkind, attention-seeking, hard-faced, snobbish bore. Nuff said.
31 - ariel
Irwin was like that annoying kid that visits your home and won't leave your pets alone. He really loved them, he just went about it in completely the wrong way
32 - sam
na just r3st in peace bro
33 - lynn
I came across this link by accident, but felt that I had to voice an opionion because I would rather have a million people like Steve Irwin living in this world than one of Germaine Greer!My sons received so much education from Steve about wild life that I am grateful to him for making such a great show, he was the australian version of David Attenborough. Mr Attenborough is still alive Ms Greer..but would you direct the same comments about him, because he has done exactly the same job as Steve. I think you only made these comments for your own publicity because nobody would have taken any notice of you otherwise. As for the comments in taking his baby into the croc den.Its only human adults that make babies and small children fear anything, they copy our reactions. As you can see by Bindi's great confidence, gladly she won't be frightened of anything except for the Germaine Greer Species that attacks dead people.
RIP STEVE IRWIN.
34 - Glenn
I've read this whole thread through, Germain Greer i would have to agree with. Steve Irwin ran a lucrative circus exploiting wildlife and selling it to a huge US market making him a very rich man, live by the sword, die by the sword. As cruel as that sounds, it was only his own media driven persuits that robbed his family of a father. Empathy is something that seperates us from animals, i find it ironic that animals lovers are so keen to wish death upon Germain Greer for expressing an opinion, be it valid or not.
35 - Ian
The venom being spat at Germaine Greer truly terrifies and saddens me.
Have we come to this, that a person cannot express a sincere and well-meant opinion, albeit one contrary to the majority, without incurring such hatred?
I implore you all to open your minds to this possibility:
Steve Irwin was a well-meaning idiot, who annoyed animals for his own financial and emotional gratification. Some of the money and fame he gained from this he used to promote awareness of wild animals. He was not a conservationist - true conservationists preach and practice minimum impact on the natural world.
36 - arjorie
Steve may have been crazy, but he was a great man whom love to study, observe and to interact with animals, he had so much determination to do his best for his famil and himself and anyone who thiks different may need to rethink. steve will be miss and his high sprited ways will hopefully live on through his family.
37 - sdvfd
A great man ? have you ever meet him ? God , i dont get when people say he was a good man bla bla they never meet him other than in his show trough tv.
38 - Joel Wu
Germaine Greer is a man-hating "intellectual" B***
If brains were gasoline, she wouldn't have enough to drive an ant's Go-cart around the inside of a bottle cap. was she always this ignorant, or is she making a special effort today? If she knew what she was talking about, she'd be dangerous. I suggest that she heed Mark Twain's advice; "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
Reading her article was less interesting than watching paint dry. If wit was spit, her mouth would be drier than a shallow well in an African heat wave. Any friend of hers is a lousy judge of character. Seriously, I've come across decomposing dog carcases that are less offensive to the senses than she is.
Seriously, I've seen Steve Irwin "torture" a helpless honey glider by rescueing it when it was tangled in a wire net! How dare you side with that dried up old prune Germaine Greer! He used a huge majority of his money for wildlife conservation! Sure I've never met him but I reckon he was a better MAN than that old hag could ever be! Where was she when the feral pests were ravaging the Outback?! She was in England, on her fat ass writing another useless book I'd buy and use for campfire fuel (I bet the fire would even scare a T-rex away!) When she dies, I wonder what the world would say!
39 - ilovsteveirwin
I hate her. She is a jealopus idot. Steve changed the world for animals. >=(
40 - V G Field
Please explain why you have a prominent brown sidebar saying "personal attacks not allowed" and then post so many vitriolic comments on Dr Greer? If her comments as a scholar of literature are inadmissible, then why was the late Mr Irwin (whose qualifications as biologist, naturalist, ecologist and/or zookeeper seem to be non-existent) regarded as any sort of authority? Furthermore, the posthumous exploitation of his little daughter's affection for her father seems pretty nauseating to me. I lost my own father at age 8 but thankfully my mother didn't think I needed to make exhaustively-coached appearances on David Letterman as the ideal way to help deal with my grief. I don't think I'm the only one who is beginning to suspect that Mrs Irwin only married the poor simp for his money, either. FREE BINDI IRWIN NOW!
41 - jack
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42 - Christopher Rose
I tried that but realised there was no future in it.
43 - Stinkey
Anyone think Germaine Greer is reading this?
44 - cazz
i believe steve irwin was a true asutralian but i dotnt know if he was quite a hero.
He did make lots of changes in the way most people view dangerous animals, and change the view to the right those animlas have, he did many things to help the biodiversity of many flora and fauna but i will have to agree with gernaine greer in that he did tourment the animals and make them scared and defensive. In every documentary i have seen him in all the animlas have yes been in deistress and not really wnating ot participate in his sagas.
i think we should all view him as a great person who did fantastic things for the environment and i think we shoulda ll tell germaine greer that she shoudl have said soemthign whiel he was alive, it is a little insensative to make those statements whne his family are grievign for his death.
45 - Susan Nunes
The plain fact of the matter is Germaine Greer was right about Irwin.
Irwin was little more than a glorified version of the late Timothy Treadwell, the self-described "protector" of Alaskan grizzlies who himself (and his girlfriend) was mauled to death by one.
Irwin is lionized by a celebrity culture, while Treadwell was considered a crank, mentally ill, in fact. As far as I'm concerned, there was no difference between the two.
Irwin got what was coming to him after years of tormenting animals.
46 - put kewl name here
i dont know why your so mean about him he was lik a leader and many other things but not an animal tormentor,okk never say anything lik that again i was very sad when he died
47 - PaulS
I could never understand how he was helping the cause of animals by stalking, pouncing on and grasping the animals (usually around the throat). All in the name of entertainment and money making I think.
I have spent a lot of time in the ocean. Whenever I have seen a stingray or a giant black manta ray passing by or under me, my instinct and my intelligence tells me no don't approach them, just give these creatures some space. Leave them be.
I still say rest in peace - but I never liked his style with animals.
48 - Dimitri
Ignorance is bliss. I see there are many blissful people in this world. "Putting a baby in jeopardy like that was a stupid thing and Irwin rightfully got hammered for it." - BlogCritics.Org, referring to Steve Irwin when he risked his sons life to a crocodile.
Please tell me how this is different from killing a baby snake, or killing a mother crocodile--the baby crocodile would not be able to survive without it's mother. Not saying that he killed animals, nor am I saying what he did was wrong. All I am saying is that he should not be so highly respected and idolized for tormenting animals. Even if it was only for a short time, they were FILMING. The amount of cuts they would have done is ridiculous, therefore that poor animal would have been incredibly stressed out by being thrown into a helicopter.
I think Steve Irwin knew that he was an idiot, so he made the Australian Zoo to *protect* animals--tell me, what the fuck was the point of the whole TV show? To aware us of how you shouldn't attack crocodiles? Or to warn us of how dangerous they are? No. The entire point of Steve Irwin's TV show is that he wanted ratings. I'm 15, so you might not think what I say is valid, because that is the stereotype towards teenagers: Stupid adolescents who don't know anything. However, all my friends idolize Steve Irwin. I still don't know why.
Look into your hearts and think from your hearts, not your head. Even his name pronounced cruelty to animals ... the crocodile "Hunter".
Hunter, by definition, is "a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport."
I'm positive he didn't eat the animals. He was just a prick. What is the difference between Steve Irwin hunting crocodiles and people clubbing seals? Not much. The variables are: Seals, and the person doing it and what they are doing it with.
If you feel as I do, then you cherish the life of animals and hope that they have a better life. Not get tormented and ridiculed. I highly respect the RSPCA and AWL, but I would never, ever, respect a man like Steve Irwin. The best thing he did for animals, ever, was to fund a team to help animals for him.
Personally, I don't think anyone *deserves* death, but I do think that, sometimes, Karma must take its toll.
For all creatures Great&Small. I would like to see Steve Irwin wrestle a bear. THAT would be a fair match, one on one, none of this "catch the croc, then play with him then drop him back to his original habitat so we can get ratings" shit.
That's just my two cents. I dare you to watch an episode without realising what an asshole he was. I know people who support him, not because of what he has done, but because everyone else supports him and they're just going along with it. Whatever the media wants happens. The media is more powerful than any nation, even the Chinese and Korean with their strict rules on outside television.
I hope you agree with me, although I know I will get heaps of comments back just referring to how stupid and ignorant I am from people that have not read the last sentence, and are uneducated hicks. If you have an argument, please back it up with... something. Anything.