I want to hear from both sides,
Majority ( including myself) doesn't believe that anyone has the right to see Steve Irwins last moments... Apart from common sense what brings you to this conclusion?
To the opposition, What makes you believe you have the right to see it? Is it a sick fascination? Or are you heartles?
2006-09-07 17:16:46 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I would just like to say to everyone who has commented so far, you are 100% right, this is the way i feel..
It suprises me that people who have been posting on other questions saying its what steve would've wanted us to see,& that they think they're entited to see it..
don't come here and answer my Q.!? i wonder why that is? maybe coz you can't justify viewing someones death?
2006-09-07 17:28:23 · update #1
I agree with what jgreenkc stated about people rubbernecking at accidents. Some people have a sick and heartless reaction to things like this. The Internet can be a wonderful addition to out lives, but it can also allow some things into our lives and homes that we may or may not want to watch or learn. I wonder how many of these cruel people would want to watch this video if the person on it was one of their beloved family or friends. May Steve rest in peace, he was a great person and teacher for the world, but he was human and may have gotten into some situations which brought him closer to danger and death than the rest of us will ever deal with. Some people are on here bashing him for the incident when he was feeding the croc and holding his son. I was shocked, when I initially saw that on the news, but when I read about the investigations that were done, it changed my outlook quite a bit. The camera angle was adjusted to make him look a lot closer than he actually was, and there were other people in the enclosure, who were not filmed; or removed from the film (edited out basically) that would have stopped the croc from moving too far forward. This is why all charges were dropped or never actually accessed. How many people do I see driving vehicles with children not in car seats or even shoulder belts.....It was a big scandel when Britney Spears had her baby in her lap, and I am not condoning her actions, but I see people driving like this several times a week. They are not "famous," so they don't get in trouble for it. I think we need to let Steve rest in peace and pray for his wife and children. They must be in agony over losing someone so wonderful. Have a good night!
2006-09-07 17:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by Sue F 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
the bottom line in this argument lies with the family...if they feel it is right to see the death of steve doing what he loved doing then that would be the case....only they will decide and i hope if they do they charge an arm and a leg for the benefit of the causes steve espoused........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
2006-09-07 21:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is anyone's right to see another human being die while being filmed.Just because the video exists doesn't mean that it should be made public.The only people that have a right to see that are his loved ones and the police investigators.Put yourself in the family's place.If it wouldn't bother you that one of your loved ones death was broadcast all over the internet,then I feel sorry for you.You are a very uncaring person.
2006-09-07 18:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by stellablue1959 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am morally opposed to the idea of seeing it or to anybody that has the slightest desire to see it. It's morally wrong to watch such a thing. And as much as I hate the idea, I know there's no doubt in my mind that the tape will find its way on the internet, if it hasn't already. The stuff that can be found on the internet is rediculous, and its amazing how easily one person with access to such things will crack if you flash them a little money. If you want to see it, you're sick. The only people that I would believe would be any little bit acceptable to see it would be marine biologists studying the effect of stingray barbs. It should not be used except in the interest of further conservation, if even that.
2006-09-07 17:27:36 · answer #4 · answered by beachdarryl0202 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think we have neither a right to see it, nor requirement not to. If it became available through whatever hand of fate, one could watch it or not. I probably would watch it, although there is a lot of stuff I have chosen not to watch. Like beheadings etc.
Steve's demise was not disgraceful nor ignominious, there is no particular reason to withhold it.
I do not think it would be disrespectful to view it.
Technology now allows us to do things that were never possible before. It is new territory emotionally, ethically and morally, but I do not think viewing what I think the tape would reveal is disrespectful.
Indeed, it might be inspiring. I think it was very courageous for him to pull the needle out of his chest. I believe he died with honor, and that the tape would show that too.
2006-09-07 17:23:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it is a matter of "rights," but rather common decency. Out of respect for Steve and his family, that tape should get dropped into the incinerator. Let's pretend for a second that the folks clamoring to see this were to suffer an incident where their mother was in a car that was hit by a fuel truck. On impact, her car burst into flames and she was hooribly burned. Just so happened, a news crew was stopped near there, and caught the whole thing on film.
Want to put mom burning up on the six 'o clock news???? Thought so.
2006-09-07 17:25:46 · answer #6 · answered by Mike R 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe you have not been desensitized? I believe that television and the media have desensitized people into believing that they need to see the video of his death. Ever watch the evening news and notice how bloody and negative it is? Movies get bloodier than ever and people are used to seeing thousands of murders on television so they actually have been made numb to death. It no longer bothers them. I am not desensitized, I don' want to see his death because I have pictured it in my mind and it makes my stomach turn into knots. I want to remember happy Steve chasing animals on his show.
2006-09-07 18:44:38 · answer #7 · answered by curly98 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing someone die is horrifying. The public as a whole has no right to see Steve's death. Should we all have the right to see you take a poop? Nope.
Give Steve and his family respect and peace. This tragedy has hit his wife and 2 small children very hard.
2006-09-07 17:22:59 · answer #8 · answered by sshazzam 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually its normal human psychological behavior to be curious about the process of dying. To enjoy it is one thing, to be curious what his last moments were like is another.
Ive seen beheading videos online. BY no means was I happy to see them after I did. My curiosity had then banished. It should be up to the family. Personally I think Steve would not have minded. Seeing how he was very upfront about the process of life.
2006-09-07 17:29:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one has a "right" to see anything like that. It isn't a government document we have the right to see under the Freedom of Information Act. It is a privately owned tape owned by a media company who is going to turn it over to the family. It is sick voyeurism that makes people want to view things like this. I hope the family has already destroyed the tape.
2006-09-07 17:23:58 · answer #10 · answered by Gwen 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋