Is anyone else disgusted by the people who are being so cruel about the death of Steve Irwin?

Question

I have read a lot of posts about how Steve Irwins death was "poetic justice". does anyone else feel that, that is in incredably poor taste, and completely heartless?

Answer 1

he died the way he lived, but it was not poetic justice. poetic justice is when you get what you deserve. he did not deserve to die that way.

Answer 2

Anyone who would think that way is obviously a very disturbed individual. A thought like that, comes from ignorance and pure meanness. A person who thinks that way isn't a person at all. They are just a shell of a body with no conscience, full of bitterness and hate. It's not worth your positive energy to even get upset over comments like that. Steve Irwin did dangerous things, but there are many jobs where people risk their lives as well. I think
Steve Irwin knew one day he might be killed doing this type of work, but it was important enough to him to risk his life.

Answer 3

I've read a lot of posts from females on the subject like, "Oh poor thing! I'm really gonna miss him!" I'm not glad the guy died or anything, but you gotta admit, he has been asking for this BIG for the last 10 or 15 years. I mean, come on. I want to respect the dead, and even more his family in the wake of his passing. But the truth of the matter is, he was a grand-stander from day one of his illustrious career. He should have been thinking about his wife and family, and taken a safer job at the zoo his family owns. I don't care how much dough he was making with his stunts, now his kids grow up with no dad. I agree with all of you that it is a terrible tragedy - for his children. Nothing like exercising good old fashioned common sense (not so common anymore).

Answer 4

To try to put some objectivity to this, I did looked up "poetic justice" in my Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.

It reads: "an outcome of a fictitious or real situation in which VICE IS PUNISHED AND VIRTUE IS REWARDED usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate to the particular situation" (emphasis mine).

But in this case, the VIRTUE WAS PUNISHED and tragically so, by a freak accident that could not have been predicted or prevented (unless had on a puncture impermeable wetsuit?)

Thus, the "poetic justice" people are guilty of a MALAPROPISM (again, op. cit. "usually a...misapplication of a word or phrase; specifically : a blundering use of a word that sounds somewhat like the one intended but is ludicrously wrong in the context.")

Steve Irwin, aka Crocodile Hunter, was a person to be lauded for his role in life, and if anyone doubts that, just look at this small excerpt from the discovery.com website:

"Steve Irwin is the director of the Australia Zoo in Queensland, Australia, and host of Animal Planet's series The Crocodile Hunter.
The son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, Steve has spent his entire life studying, living and working with animals. He grew up at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where he took part in the daily feeding, care and maintenance of the park's many animal inhabitants.
He soon became an expert on local wildlife, particularly reptiles.
Together, (the) father-and-son team can boast that every crocodile at the Australia Zoo (numbering over 150) was either caught with their own hands, or bred and raised at the zoo.
Steve made his name in the Queensland government's rogue crocodile relocation program, where he was one of the most successful participants in this government-sponsored program, safely catching and relocating dozens of troublesome crocodiles without harm to them (or him, for the most part).
Irwin's unique talents first came to the attention of the world television audience with the premiere of the first installment of The Crocodile Hunter....Today Steve has an international following. In 1992, Steve married Terri Raines...(who)...travels with him to help educate the public about the care and responsibility we all have to the natural world."

It's unfortunate that some people get their ya-ya's from being nasty & belligerant. Yes, their statements are in poor taste & heartless. But YOU take heart, decades from now, Steve will be remembered, and their petty comments won't.

Answer 5

Bisma a's obviously doesn't smoke, drink, take drugs, drive a car, and doesn't leave his/her house without covering themself with bubblewrap. Some people like to have a job that is slightly more interesting than sitting in a office, staring at a computer screen and sipping coffee. I work at a rescue centre, and although I know I wouldn't have done the work that Steve did, that is because I honestly wouldn't have been brave enough.

At the rescue, I handle dangerous dogs and wild horses. I am at great risk of being kicked or bitten or in total honesty, savaged. However, I enjoy my work, and after all variety is the spice of life. I did expect Steve to pass away, doing what he did, as it was very dangerous work he did, but he enjoyed it.

At least he died doing what he loved. That's what's important.

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Answer 6

Yes, these people think that he was just like Michael Jackson, risking his kids harm should know better.

Steve Irwin knew his animals and could never be hurt seriously.

So this is just a big lie and Steve lives on......

Answer 7

Yes, it is awful and scares me that people actually feel that way.

The real tragedy here has nothing to do with animals or what the man did for a living: it is that a beloved wife and two small children have lost their loving father and husband forever. Idiots don't get that.

As for them being so cruel, let them...their own judgment day is coming and God will make sure they get theirs for that attitude.

Answer 8

i will never forget the image of steve irwin talking to the camera while sharks were in a feeding frenzy all around him while he stood in the water...the guy was a crazy kook but he was fascinating, funny and very entertaining...i kind of felt one day his luck would run out the way he took risks dealing with wildlife but i would never have guessed it would take a stingray to be the culprit....my condolences to his friends and family....he was one of a kind and his legacy will continue as his shows run on animal planet

Answer 9

Steve Irwin is bigger than life. He knew what he stood for and he knew what he stood against. He will be missed.

I have to reflect on those who do not yet know the meaning of life and their own mortality. Let us not be well wishers to those who have started that journey, for each of us is standing in the line, we know not where.

Answer 10

Poetic justice it is not...tradgic irony is what it is. I'm praying for his family. A wife lost her husband and some kids lost a father.

Answer 11

I am disgusted by it. Just because his lifes passion was so dangerous doesnt mean you shouldnt care because you just "expected" it to happen someday! This was a great man who did alot of work to the environment and wildlife. It is a shame to lose him!