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Bindi Irwin exploited? : Comments

By Daniel Donahoo, published 22/1/2007

The experiences we have as young children shape who we become as adults and these experiences are shaping Bindi Irwin right now.

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This whole Irwin thing reeks of hugely succesful celebrity marketing,right from the start,no more and no less.
If we the public are dumb enough to heap adulation on these usually ordinary people,we cannot expect the marketing machine to stop grinding on.
I am sure the Irwins are very nice people,but I was never able to understand what made them special.
Posted by mik, Monday, 22 January 2007 4:53:01 PM
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Hey hedgehog We are not talking about waring o/s countries where death is inevitable.....we are talking about a real, little Aussie girl who has just lost her daddy and just happens to be his image ,so wants to keep it alive.
You cannot compare events that happen in the war torn countries with this topic. thank you.
Posted by patricia22au, Monday, 22 January 2007 6:27:07 PM
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Hedgehog, it's a sad fact but there's a certain rule which seems to be loosely applied to journalism.

Any given newsworthy event is given prominence according to the following rule of who it happened to.

1 Australian = 3 Kiwis = 10 British = 20 Americans = 100 West Europeans (other than british) = 500 Eastern Europeans = 1000 Russians = 4000 Africans.

It's a sad indictment of humanity, true. So is war, so is famine, so is Britney Spears for crying out loud.
Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be done about it.

On the flip side of the coin, it's not all starvation and death. There's a bright smiling little girl who seems to coping with grief remarkably well. That may not be the case for her in the future, but it certainly seems to be the case now.

It's a refreshing change from the chaos you describe. Is there a rule that says all the news has to be about strife?
Posted by TurnRightThenLeft, Monday, 22 January 2007 7:50:54 PM
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Why are their some people who think that they know better what other people think and what other people need and should do?

Leave the Irwins alone, they are the ones that would best know what is best for them.
Posted by Jolanda, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 7:45:38 AM
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One hasnt figured in the comments at all - Bob. He will be growing up without a father, with a famous sister, and is likely to feel all sorts of pressure on him (real and imagined) to live up to the image of a father that he is unlikely to remember. Some of Bindi's activities should be at least postphoned, with the idea of leaving something for Bob to do, if he so wants.
Posted by Country Gal, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 8:33:04 AM
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My point is this is not news. When i heard of Irwins death, i was not surprised. I thought it a natural consequence of his activities. I find it bizzare that people that did not know him carry on like pork chops. This was not a national tragedy. He left a wife and two children, it happens every day.
Posted by hedgehog, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 8:40:41 AM
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