Steve Irwin, Dead

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[QUOTE=Gavin]
[SIZE=1] Seeing as I've never heard a Tasmanian refer to themselves as anything other than a Tasmanian.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

[color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy]Come to the States you get people from all over the place saying that they're either a certain nationality even thought their great great grandparents weren't even born in the country they're claiming *raises hand*, people just claiming Cities or people just claiming states. I guess we just figure that the world already knows we're from America.

I heard about Steve Irwin's death Monday morning, but I've been so busy I haven't gotten a chance to say anything until now. It's really something. I feel bad for his wife and kids. But other than that I can't think of anything else to say except that whenever I saw him on Leno I was quite sure that most people from Australia weren't like that.[/color][/font]

[SaiyanPrincessX]

I couldn't believe it when I heard it. He seemed invincible. For some reason this really got to me too. I think maybe because he seemed like a real genuinely caring person, with passion for all wild life. Of course I didn't actually think about it untill I heard of his death.

So in tribute to him and all he has done, here is a little piece I wipped up.

[URL=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/SaiyanPrincessX/Steve_Irwin_tribute.jpg]Tribute[/URL]

God Bless him and his family.

[Aaryanna]

[COLOR=SeaGreen]I feel bad for his family. >_< He was always so fun to watch as he really put a lot of enthusiasm in his work. Combined with his fun accent it made his shows even more great. I also remember the funny spoof movie he did as well. It?s really sad and I?m going to miss seeing new shows by him. So RIP Steve and god bless your family. [/COLOR]

[Wolf2gto]

"I lost my best mate"-bob irwin

Even though I found him to be really annoying, I do feel bad because he has 2 little kids, a wife, and a father that was one of his best friends,

"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were. We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever" -bob irwin

Well at least he died doing what he loved, and though I didn?t like him I do respect what he did and he will be missed dearly by many



(Quotes are from the CNN interview.)

[Lady Asphyxia]

[font=Arial][size=2][color=DarkGreen]When Steve Irwin was alive, I thought he was a bit of a dickhead. I'm Australian and he was the only person I ever heard talk like him. I went to Australia Zoo when I was younger and bought a bracelet there that I loved for years, but that was the extent of my interaction with him.

Steve Irwin was the face of the customs campaign, he was a tourist attraction, and yeah, he was a bit of a dickhead, but he was also kinda fun.

He wormed his way into what I defined as the national identity. He may have been a small part of it -- subconsciously there, and when I described Australia, I didn't include him.

But when I found out he'd died -- it was like a part of what I define 'Australian', and thus what I define 'me', was gone. And that's what I find so hard. Something that never really touched me in a 'direct' way has changed and then changed me -- but since I was never really directly involved, I can't believe it fully, either.

What's sadly ironic is that the show he was filming for -- his daughter's show -- was not actually about dangerous creatures. It was about marine animals [or something along those lines]. This is the third recorded death from a sting ray, ever.

But at the same time, it's fitting, too. Something like a car accident wouldn't have been right. If he'd died with a crocodile, it would have been wrong -- he'd spent his entire life with them and it would suck. This -- while sad -- is okay. It's what he loved, animals in general, and lets face it, it was fitting; it was an unusual end for an unusual guy.

I feel bad for his wife and kids, though. It's so hard to deal with death when he was so young. I don't know anything else to say that isn't trite and cliche. My thoughts are with the family. Good luck and wishes to them. I hope they deal okay. [/color][/size][/font]

[Guest macy]

Poor Steve, he's a great legend... rest in peace...:animecry: