The loss of three particularly unique Australians in nearly as many weeks.

Again - Vale & RIP, Don Chipp, Steve Irwin, & 'Brocky'.

For a tired hag like Germaine Greer to denigrate the memory of Steve Irwin - quirky at times and irksome at others as he was...well Mizz Greer I've burnt my skid marked 'Y' fronts in protest! And I've cut out the sleeves of my old army greens shirt, chucked on a pair of khaki stubbies, and Crikey... I'm as mad as hell about your recent article in the press.

Such a hypocrite you certainly are, as to own a cat, and then to cast aspersions at Steve!

What next - a go at Brocky for polluting the atmosphere?

Give up Germaine, go and retire on some little patch of irradiated desert, and grow another head you tired, burnt out Erinye!

THANK YOU KISH
You have just blown me away with your well set out post. I have to admit now that my previous posts on this thread appear to have been wide of the mark as the responses have, in the main, been overwhelming. I must say in my defence that I have not made any personal comments about Steve, the man, only about the reaction of the posts sent in and I WAS WRONG and freely admit it.

Deborah58..yes ive no doubt that the kids will miss him...my kids do..they were glued to the screen..he kept them enthralled and laughing.
me too.

And he did take the p..s out of himself..a lot of the time.He was a loveable character.

Alamo,

I understand that alot of the posts seem to be quite emotive with little explanation as to why. I just tried to bring out a different perspective of steve in my post as I appreciate that alot of people may not see him as anything more than larrikyn / show man. I respected steve for the reasons outlined in my post and I would like to think that alot of other Australian's shared my sentiment. I hope if nothing else you may see Steve in a slightly different light to before.

I didn't suggest that you made any personal attacks on Steve and if my post appeared condensending in any way, I apologise. I do feel as though the meida have gone over the top with this, Don Chipp was another great austrlaian who achieved quite alot in his life. He has hardly recieved a mention relative to Steve, either has Peter Broke. Unfortunatly the media will never change, and they will always surcumb to what sells as opposed to what is realistic. In saying that though, I do feel that Steves passing deserves a State Funderal and it definatly is a sad loss for myself and alot of other Australians.

To keep the notion of a State Funeral in perspective, it is really nothing more than a very large funeral. If that much of the public wish to attend the death of someone then that someone has obviously touched alot of lives and deserve a very large / state funeral. Couple this of course with contributions to society and I don't feel that Steve deserves a State funeral any less than Peter Brooke.

Sadly, some of the nutter animal lib groups like Peta,
claim that he was evil!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20416313-2,00.html?from=public_rss

I admired Steve Irwin. He taught lots of people lots about
nature and the real world, which most of them, in their
city cocoons, knew nothing about.

Peta should be ashamed of themselves, yet once again.

I agree Yabby until the unfortunate loss of Steve Irwin I had never heard of Peta, but of course they jumped on the bandwagon to bignote themselves and all of a sudden everyone know of Peta, allbeit for the wrong reasons.