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Greer slams Croc Hunter mourners as 'idiots'
Herald Sun ^ | 7 September 2006

Posted on 09/06/2006 4:01:58 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

STEVE Irwin had embarrassed millions of Australians, Germaine Greer said last night.

And those who had mourned him with their tributes at the Irwin family's Australia Zoo in what the British had labelled "a Princess Diana moment" were idiots, she said.

British-based Greer wrote in The Guardian newspaper after Irwin's death that the animal world had taken revenge on "self-deluded animal tormentor Steve Irwin".

Last night, she went even further.

She told Channel 9's A Current Affair she did not understand Australians' feelings of loss for Irwin.

She said he had exploited animals by telling the world how dangerous they were and then treating them disrespectfully.

"I find the whole Steve Irwin phenomenon (embarrassing) -- and I'm not the only person who did," Greer said.

But when pushed, she was unable to name anyone who had publicly agreed with her.

She rejected claims her sentiments were "un-Australian".

"I don't care what I'm being called," Greer said.

"I just hope I'm out of touch with what idiots are thinking."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feminazibitch; germainegreer; sillyoldbitch; steveirwin
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To: popdonnelly
You have to be somewhat deranged to try to gain publicity from someone's death


141 posted on 09/06/2006 7:01:29 PM PDT by al baby
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To: JCEccles

"Steve Irwin was unabashedly, thoroughly, in-your-face male. Greer loathes men, and Irwin epitomized what she loathes."

We have a winner.


142 posted on 09/06/2006 7:01:52 PM PDT by SmoothTalker
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To: Empireoftheatom48; TimesDomain

Steve was a good man and loved by most of us.

TimesDomain could have expressed some compassion for Steve but in my opinion he simply stated the obvious..

Irwin made a fatal mistake by swimming above an animal whose only defense from predators is a spike at the base of its tail. The creatures are non-aggressive, clumsy, and rarely make their mark when they go into their defensive mode. Steve, unfortunately, provoked the ray and it killed him.

I have the unfortunate experience of being on the receiving end of a stingray barb. I was fortunate that it was merely a slice to the bone, rather than a puncture wound.

If you've ever been stabbed by a catfish fin, you know it's painful. Multiply that by three and you can imagine what a stingray barb feels like. It's pure poison. I'm not surprised Steve pulled it out of his chest as quickly as he did because it is so painful.

RIP Steve


143 posted on 09/06/2006 7:04:38 PM PDT by Piscator (If it ain't broke, it ain't mine.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Wonder if she's wondering how many will mourn her?


145 posted on 09/06/2006 7:09:32 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Owl_Eagle
Well, I don't think I'd go quite so far as this Greer person, but at the same rate, I could hardly say Irwin's death was anything less than fully expected.

Of course, it was the MANNER of death which most people found unexpected. However, I'm of the notion that he had cheated the Angel of Death so many times, he was long overdue. If it hadn't been the unlikely encounter with the stingray, it was probably going to be decapitation by paper-cut, or some other strangely juxtaposed manner of death.
147 posted on 09/06/2006 7:20:38 PM PDT by beezdotcom
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To: popdonnelly
"You have to be somewhat deranged to try to gain publicity from someone's death."


148 posted on 09/06/2006 7:26:28 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President** I get it, Glenn.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
"I don't care what I'm being called," Greer said.

I can't think of anything bad enough to call her.

149 posted on 09/06/2006 7:33:19 PM PDT by Razz Barry
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To: Tribune7

NONE will mourn her and the sooner the better!


150 posted on 09/06/2006 7:34:05 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Whatever one thinks of Steve Irwin and what he did, he was known for something, for some activity. This woman dissing him is known for being known!


151 posted on 09/06/2006 7:36:17 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (c)
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To: Aussie Dasher
This is a cry for help. I have no idea who she is, nor do I care, she is a bitter old sack. I can find one of these at any shop selling celtic art crap.

Her name and age pretty much tells us "Mommy and Daddy were Fascists with poor spelling"
152 posted on 09/06/2006 7:46:37 PM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Enterprise

Good God, looks like a uncooked turkey.


153 posted on 09/06/2006 7:48:48 PM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Dead Dog
LOL - it does somewhat resemble a grizzled old gamy bird doesn't it?
154 posted on 09/06/2006 7:53:34 PM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: Semus Dynnen

Who the heck is that?

An actress? I don't ever recall seeing her face anywhere.


155 posted on 09/06/2006 8:02:07 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Ex-Dem

>I had never even heard of her before she decided to starting trashing Irwin after his death.<

She was a major force in women's liberation back in the 60's. She wrote a bunch of books, the most well known of which is titled, "The Female Eunuch".

Before she surfaced recently to bash the late Crocodile Hunter, her target had been that most horrible symbol of "male oppression", the bra.


156 posted on 09/06/2006 8:03:16 PM PDT by Darnright (http://www.irey.com/)
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To: TimesDomain
Hey noob. Some quotes for you.

"It's better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

"Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go"

157 posted on 09/06/2006 9:02:00 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: 1forall
"He showed however, that although these creatures can kill, they aren't terrors and we need to have a healthy fear, not a phobia."

Good point however I think using his child in the one episode was over the top, one never knows what could happen, he could have tripped and fell and the kid could have gotten killed or maimed.

I got no problems if he uses himself for such demonstrations but a young child in such a needless situation is just nuts.

160 posted on 09/06/2006 9:51:23 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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