Posted on 09/07/2006 11:35:07 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Germaine Greer, a dingo and a few jackasses said Steve Irwin was a publicity hog, but he was a huge star and a happy Australian.
Professional harpy Germaine Greer was one of the first to publicly cackle over the death of Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin.
"The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin," the feminista gloated in an article published in Left-wing newspapers such as The Age and The Guardian.
And if she meant by "animal world" the slavering pack that has paraded its resentment of Irwin since he was killed she'd be right.
On Jon Faine's ABC radio show, for instance, you could hear a dingo bark: "I'm glad he's no longer an ambassador for Australia." ...
Over at the zoo that is the Sydney Morning Herald it was little better. "Steve Irwin spent his life irritating animals . . . karma," hissed a snake in a letter.
I should add that ... there were also far warmer tributes to Irwin -- a loving father, marvellous entertainer, great patriot, generous donor, humble achiever, employer of 500 people and creator of a much-loved wildlife park.
Elsewhere, the grief was overwhelming and yet there was this loud minority who were not just unmoved by Irwin's death, but felt compelled to write or ring to berate the dead man and call us cretins for crying for him.
You may see this simply as more proof that ideology -- especially a Left-wing one -- has so hardened hearts as to exclude compassion.
Greer, for instance, couldn't help but complain of Irwin that he'd called Prime Minister John Howard "the greatest leader Australia has ever had." ...
He also offended our new green believers, who insist man is Nature's slave, unfit to touch even a scale on a dopey lizard's back.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
And spoil moon! How about Pluto? Afterall, it is not only cold but has had its status downgraded.
It would take a lot of propellant to get them there.
OTOH, if it was powered by their own hot air, it could work!
Thanks Fred. I'm still in shock.
He was bigger than life. Thank God
his Father can stand in the gap for
Bindi and Bob.
Clearly she is not. And so we are left not with the image of a brave iconoclast bucking a trend, but of a disagreeable little girl sloshing paint over something beautiful so that no one else can enjoy what she is incapable of appreciating herself. That is very sad, but not very rare, behavior.
I've had a dream to visit Australia, too, for about 2 decades. My son is also now very interested. And yes, though I don't dive, to see the beautiful country, especially the southeast for me, and, of course, the fantastic, 'no-airsy' people. The art (watercolorists everywhere know Bob Wade), the food, and, yes, the zoo and wildlife reserve. I like the new commercials.
Andrew Bolt is a bloody champion!
They could fly there courtesy of their own methane!
Greer has said nothing about Mr. Irwin, and far too much about herself.
Thanks for the ping. Andrew Bolt, another great Aussie.
But they forgot the sting rays high-fiving one another!
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