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wow.
what a heartless .
when was the last time she got laid?
nothing like jumping all over someone else's tragedy to get your own message heard.
Feminist author Greer says 'It’s no surprise that he came to grief’
SYDNEY, Australia - Feminist academic Germaine Greer said on Wednesday she hoped the death of Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin would mark the end of what she called exploitative nature do entaries, a discordant note amid floods of tributes.Irwin died in a freak diving accident off Australia’s northeast coast on Monday after he was hit in the chest by the serrated barb from a stingray’s tail.
Echoing comments she made this week in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Australian-born Greer likened Irwin to a lion tamer and said he had intruded on the habitats of animals and treated them with “massive insensitivity.”
“It’s no surprise that he came to grief,” Greer told Nine Network television.
“We now have enough respect for lions to be embarrassed if we see someone trying to crack whips at them and wave chairs at them. Jumping all over crocodiles is the same kind of thing.”
'Exploitation of animals'
Greer, an award-winning author, is a frequent critic of personalities like British soccer star David Beckham and social trends like reality television.
In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists, free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age theosophists, sexists and racists the world over.”
Irwin’s death has prompted outpourings of grief and sympathy from around the world, dominating local newspapers and clogging Internet news sites.
His “Crocodile Hunter” do entaries for U.S.-based television company Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet were seen by tens of millions of viewers around the world.
He became famous for flirting with death as he wrestled crocodiles, swam with sharks and handled some of the world’s deadliest snakes and spiders.
Greer said she found the Irwin phenomenon "embarrassing," although she understood the sadness at his death.
“I’m not saying that’s not sad, I’m saying what might be over now is this kind of exploitation of animals,” Greer said.
“I am sick and tired of programs that tell me that the world is full of wicked, nasty, powerful, deadly creatures. Why does Australia set itself up to be made into this hole?” she said.
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wow.
what a heartless .
when was the last time she got laid?
nothing like jumping all over someone else's tragedy to get your own message heard.
Looks Like Someone Was Jelous Of Irwin
I couldn't disagree more with her more, I guess she also disliked Wild Kingdom too. Along with every zoo/aquarium and such in the world. She probably has never been to Sea world either.
According to her logic in this part of her statement, I guess Star Trek fans are bad as well.
This person seems to be using Irwin's death as a soapbox for her own agenda.
a little exploitation to further conservation is a small price to pay.
This lady has it all wrong, he educated the world about animals and
creatures some people did not even know existed.
I hope a crocodile eats her alive.
wassup there Obi?
drinking tea.
wassup there Obi?
Why the tea?
uh. 'cause it's yummy?
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thats the biggest i have ever seen! she need to get a life!
Someone sounds bitter.
How dare you speak that about Obi?!
...
To use Jimmy Buffet's term, she is a snuff queen....
since no one ever gets my posts, heres the lyrics...
I really do appreciate the fact youre sittin here
Your voice sounds so wonderful
But yer face dont look too clear
So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round o brew
Honey, why dont we get drunk and screw
Chorus:
Why dont we get drunk and screw
I just bought a water bed, its filled up for me and you
They say you are a snuff queen
Honey I dont think thats true
So, why dont we get drunk and screw
So are you going to get drunk and screw her?
I don't care what they say Rancho Deluxe is a great movie.
What an attention . She was on Celebrity Big Brother?
There is a kernel of truth in what she is saying, and she's far from the only one to think like that.
Irwin was above all a self-promoting show biz guy who used stunts like repeatedly hand-feeding, taunting, wrestling alligators and crocs, playing with super-poisonous, neuro-toxic snakes, etc. Pure TV sensationalism. Over and over and over. His shows were as much about him, even more so, than about the animals.
He apparently did a lot of good, but he chose trumped-up childish sensationalism that wasn't the most respectful and sympathetic towards his co-stars. Even before he was killed, his approach was not universally applauded, typified by the hugely negative reponse to his stunt of holding his mouthful of a baby while hand-feeding a crocodile.
Animal display in zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, Sea World has progressed enormously in modern, rich societies, such that the animals are extremely well cared for with respect and affection by dedicated, professional staff, and live mostly stress free, healthy lives, in very expensive, complex habitats. And in many cases, those animals are safer in zoos than they are in disappearing natural habitats.
What a ing dumbass. Obviously I have to spell it out for you. She hasn't been laid lately because by her own admission she is a lesbian. Asshole.
Lesbians can get laid, it just doesn't involve a .
I've known some lesbians who are real s.
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