Irwin a "cheap reality star"
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Irwin a 'cheap reality TV star'
By Steve Connolly
September 13, 2006
INTERNATIONAL animal rights group PETA has branded Steve Irwin a cheap reality TV star, backing controversial comments by expatriate academic Germaine Greer over the conservationist's death.
The feminist was widely condemned after she described Irwin as an animal tormentor following his death in a freak Great Barrier Reef marine accident last week.
She said his death after a stingray's barb pierced his chest was the animal world taking revenge.
As part of a large and vocal backlash, The Daily Telegraph sent the 67-year-old British-based academic a muzzle.
There were also calls on the Gold Coast for Greer to sell her Queensland rainforest property and donate proceeds to Irwin's Wildlife Warriors fund.
But now US-based PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), has branded Mr Irwin a "cheap reality TV star".
Spokesman Dan Matthews said Irwin's death was "no shock at all".
"He made his career out of antagonising frightened wild animals," Mr Matthews said.
"That's a very dangerous message to send to children."
Fans around the world have been mourning Mr Irwin's death and a memorial service for the 44-year-old will be held at his family's Australia Zoo next Wednesday.
Greer labelled as "idiots" people who had turned the entrance to Australia Zoo into a Princess Diana-style floral memorial.
She also described Irwin's behaviour as "bizarre", noting the famed incident in 2004 when he held his baby son Bob while feeding a chicken to a crocodile during a show at the Sunshine Coast zoo.
A correspondent to the Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper said: "I hope Germaine Greer believes in reincarnation. Next life should be as a chicken at Australia Zoo!"
A poll by the same newspaper also found 89 per cent of respondents said Greer was not welcome back to the Gold Coast.
I say, a fart on her. -
My guess was right afterall, FireIce is a CIA agent
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Someone should tell Germaine Greer to get off her high horse and show some fcuking humility for once.
Same goes for PETA. -
a bit harsh to someone who has just passed.
but in hindsight she is not totally wrong. -
aiyo.
ppl also pass on le.
doesnt matter anymore does it.
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ma hou pao...
taking a stab at a dead person sure is brave eh? -
Somehow the singapore police force chasing the peta protestors out of singapore wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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what ?!?! ....Originally posted by ditzy:Somehow the singapore police force chasing the peta protestors out of singapore wasn't such a bad thing after all.
and let all the tee ko peks in Singapore miss out a free strip show ? This is an infringement on their freedom of expression I tell you .....
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Hmm. Irwin gets a lot of people to sit up and appreciate wildlife. On the other hand, PETA gets canned as a bunch of loonies, and Germaine Greer wears camouflage shorts over her unshaven legs. Nuff said.
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It depends mah.. Peta protests stems from the extreme, they stripped la, protest la, disrupt la so it is not supported by alot of pple.Originally posted by Gedanken:Hmm. Irwin gets a lot of people to sit up and appreciate wildlife. On the other hand, PETA gets canned as a bunch of loonies, and Germaine Greer wears camouflage shorts over her unshaven legs. Nuff said.
Whereas Steve do things by peaceful means and is entertaining so alot of pple likes him and he doesnt do things by extreme means..
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I concur. even so, the guy just died. show him some respect please?Originally posted by dragg:a bit harsh to someone who has just passed.
but in hindsight she is not totally wrong.
Just because you are living 20++ years more than him doesn't give you the right to say things like that after he died.
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Exactly. PETA and Greer are just jealous because they weren't smart enough to get the job done instead of being laughed at. Losers.
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Just as Irwin said himself, 'to have a passion and enthusiasm in life, one will have a wonderful life'. He was a conservationist. And he does conservation through education. Education can be of many ways. Reading a script alone will bore most people after 5 minutes. Yeah, he did the craziest thing. Who would go around messing with crocs and snakes in their right mind? But the things he did, did get us to notice things most of us wouldn't know if we were to go to a zoo. Not all of us is a zoologist.
As for Greer, who is she??? Never heard of her. Just being sour grapes. Why don't she show some passion in life and wrestle some crocs then. 
As for PETA, 'action may speak louder than words'. But their action are all wrong for the wrong reason. Being naked, will help in the better treatment of animals????? -
agree, he died doing what he loved and unlike any of us, he wasn't afraid to explore the unpredictable world of wildlife. He got my respect even if I'm a big fan of his shows.Originally posted by Deunamist:I concur. even so, the guy just died. show him some respect please?
Just because you are living 20++ years more than him doesn't give you the right to say things like that after he died. -
Greer is some feminist, outspoken and insensitive biatch.
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and now theyre campaigning against kfc or smthn
