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Steve Irwin Ripped by PETA: Crocodile Hunter 'Cheap Reality Star'
The National Ledger ^ | Josh Hart

Posted on 09/11/2006 11:36:18 AM PDT by gopwinsin04

Steve Irwin Ripped by PETA: Crocodile Hunter 'Cheap Reality Star' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

By Josh Hart Sep 11, 2006

Steve Irwin has barely been laid to rest but the critics from his enemies already seem to be reveling in the fact that he was killed by an animal. Aussie feminist Germaine Greer got the ball rolling by saying that animals took their revenge on Irwin.

Steve Irwin Ripped by PETA: Crocodile Hunter 'Cheap Reality Star'

"The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a hole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn," she wrote in a bitter column aimed at getting her publicity.

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Now here comes a member of PETA to pile on.

Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports that the group's Dan Mathews says that it's "no shock at all" that Irwin died the way he did, and he's also branded Irwin a "cheap reality TV star."

"He made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals," says PETA's Mathews, "which is a very dangerous message to send to kids." And Mathews sniffs that Irwin's career wasn't particularly impressive – at least not to him:

"If you compare him with a responsible conservationist like Jacques Cousteau, he looks like a cheap reality TV star."

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: peta; petakillspets; steveirwin
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1 posted on 09/11/2006 11:36:21 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

I knew this was coming...


2 posted on 09/11/2006 11:37:12 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: gopwinsin04; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow
... a hole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small ...

And full of wholes.

3 posted on 09/11/2006 11:38:03 AM PDT by dighton
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To: gopwinsin04

What a pair of nasty a-holes.


4 posted on 09/11/2006 11:39:06 AM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Left wingers like to spit on the dead.


5 posted on 09/11/2006 11:39:14 AM PDT by sandra_789 (.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Steve Irwin has done more for conservation than PETA ever has or ever will.

Notice how Irwin always called himself a "conservationist," not an "environmentalist."

Conservationists, like hunters and fishermen, actually get something done.


6 posted on 09/11/2006 11:39:26 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: gopwinsin04

They'll be hearing from AETP, Animals for the Ethical Treatment of People, about this.


7 posted on 09/11/2006 11:40:34 AM PDT by x
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To: rightinthemiddle
Steve Irwin has done more for conservation than PETA ever has or ever will.

Steve Irwin never butchered high numbers of dogs and threw their bodies into dumpsters.

8 posted on 09/11/2006 11:40:47 AM PDT by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: gopwinsin04

I hope Germaine Greer gets hers from an avenging soybean or a head of lettuce.


9 posted on 09/11/2006 11:41:00 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Liberals are the Mongol herds destroying America from within.)
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To: gopwinsin04

It's all because he was a supporter of John Howard.


10 posted on 09/11/2006 11:41:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: gopwinsin04

Steve Irwin did more for conservation than those PETA dopes and left a positive legacy that Bill Clinton could only dream of leaving.


Hey PETA, winter is coming and I'll be getting out my mink coat soon and our freezer will once again be full of venison. :)


11 posted on 09/11/2006 11:41:45 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Thank you Andre!! RIP Steve, your legacy will live on, prayers for Terri, Bindi and Bob.)
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To: dfwgator

I wish we had a John Howard!


12 posted on 09/11/2006 11:42:31 AM PDT by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: samadams2000
Remember...Leftists are the chief proponants of Tolerance, Love, Acceptance and Inclusion...well, except for you.
13 posted on 09/11/2006 11:42:34 AM PDT by 50sDad (ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Crikey, I think another panty waist tub thumper just took another swipe at a corpse. What brave people these PETA folks are.


14 posted on 09/11/2006 11:42:35 AM PDT by tigtog
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To: gopwinsin04
R.I.P. Steve

No Worries Mate!

15 posted on 09/11/2006 11:43:53 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: gopwinsin04

Not good karma to speak evil things about the dead. Has a nasty way of biting the butt. Greer will get hers and so will this PETA dork.


16 posted on 09/11/2006 11:43:54 AM PDT by Leg Olam ("There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them." Louis Armstrong)
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To: gopwinsin04

**sigh** We should expect nothing less from them. Some people live a full life and impact others, then there are those that whine and complain because their lives are so meaningless.


17 posted on 09/11/2006 11:44:31 AM PDT by proud_2_B_texasgal
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To: gopwinsin04

At least he didn't euthanize his animals and throw their carcasses in the dumpster........


18 posted on 09/11/2006 11:44:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: gopwinsin04

The lowest of the low, lower than Bill Clinton, lower than Paris Hilton after a three-day bender, are those who use events like the death of Steve Irwin to grab a few minutes in the spotlight and advance their asinine political agendas by saying something insanely stupid.


19 posted on 09/11/2006 11:44:44 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: gopwinsin04
I recently saw a California physician and animal rights "advocate" express support on 60 Minutes for the murder of physicians who do research on animals.

I assume that PETA's problem with Irwin was that he never expressed support for such things.

20 posted on 09/11/2006 11:44:49 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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