Sad. I was particularly peeved that this comes when Irwin has a memorial service:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704497/posts
and his comment "You don't touch nature, you just look at it." That is the environmentalist ideal - you just LOOK at nature. I want to PARTAKE of nature. You don't do that by watching it on TV.
Irwin had his faults, but his love of life and nature was admirable, IMHO. He doesn't merit cheap shots from rival TV producers.
1 posted on
09/19/2006 6:47:54 PM PDT by
Mr Rogers
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2 posted on
09/19/2006 6:48:50 PM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(The California Republican Party needs Arnold the way a drowning man needs an anvil.)
To: Mr Rogers
"You don't touch nature, you just look at it. And that's why I'm still alive...I don't mess with nature."
And sadly, that's why you will never be famous.
3 posted on
09/19/2006 6:49:30 PM PDT by
BigBlueJon
(Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas to bed.......Jack Bauer wears George W pajamas.)
To: Mr Rogers
DON'T MESS WITH NATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 posted on
09/19/2006 6:50:11 PM PDT by
petercooper
(It could be worse, it could be raining.)
To: Mr Rogers
I think he was just LOOKING at the stingray when he nailed him. Possibly spooked by his cameraman. Cousteau can stow it in his pipe and smoke it.
5 posted on
09/19/2006 6:50:15 PM PDT by
BipolarBob
(I get homesick when I look up in the skies and see my home planet.)
To: Mr Rogers
"...And that's why I'm still alive...I don't mess with nature."A vain, stupid, gratuitous remark.
6 posted on
09/19/2006 6:50:22 PM PDT by
Salvey
(ancest)
To: Mr Rogers
My favorite Jacques Cousteau episode was the one where his divers found an intact, 2000-year-old bottle of "Greek" wine, brought it to the surface, and immediately sampled it . . . to heck with archeology.
8 posted on
09/19/2006 6:51:06 PM PDT by
1rudeboy
To: Mr Rogers
I can respect his point of view, just like I could Irwin's. Different strokes for different strokes. Freedom, and all that.
9 posted on
09/19/2006 6:51:21 PM PDT by
Clara Lou
(8-)
To: Mr Rogers
At least Steve wasn't traumatizing nature with the sight of Frenchmen in speedoes.
To: Mr Rogers
"...And that's why I'm still alive...I don't mess with nature."
That's just the voice of jealousy speaking there.
Steve probably made more money in a month than frenchie the frog made in a year.
To: Mr Rogers
Jacques Cousteau also had a very overdramatic way of presenting things. It was very popular; it made him and his heirs loads of money.
My favorite scene has Cousteau diving in a cave; something inherently dangerous. He faked a scene in which he dropped his bubbling magnesium torch and said zuddenlee I wasss plonged into total darknessss...while being filmed in Ektachrome the whole time!
Another time he stuck his face near an octopus and the thing reached out to grab him and see if he was food (he didn't run, so he may be food...) and Jacques said I haff enterred into communication wit zeee octopuss...
I think this attack on Irwin is uncalled for. he was an entertainer who also taught, and he was a darned sight more interesting than a hands-off dry researcher- that enabled him to reach millions (like Sagan, a terrible scientist but good teacher).
12 posted on
09/19/2006 6:54:23 PM PDT by
DBrow
To: Mr Rogers
But we ARE nature ourselves, a part of it....
not seperate, but well...
There.
13 posted on
09/19/2006 6:55:28 PM PDT by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: Mr Rogers
Jean-Michel Cousteau wishes he had the stage like Irwin had. Cousteau is a wannabe and will never be the man his father was.
14 posted on
09/19/2006 6:56:31 PM PDT by
hophead
("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
To: Mr Rogers
You don't touch nature, you just look at it. Really? That must be the French way. I prefer stalking it, shooting it, and then usually cooking and eating it.
To: Mr Rogers
This Jean-Michel Cousteau?
16 posted on
09/19/2006 6:57:12 PM PDT by
jwalsh07
To: Mr Rogers
You don't touch nature, you just look at it. Hmmm I say as I look at one of my hunting rifles.
To: Mr Rogers
Cousteau can stuff it. I remember an episode of his father's TV program in which they were exploring some pristine underwater caves. To provide light they were using a sort of underwater flare, which they promptly dropped when it was spent. Hadn't these idiots heard of chemical glow sticks & flashlights? Aquatic litterbugs.
18 posted on
09/19/2006 6:59:10 PM PDT by
Tallguy
(The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
To: Mr Rogers
25 posted on
09/19/2006 7:03:50 PM PDT by
tiki
To: Mr Rogers
I must say this...I am seriously sad over Steve Irwin's death.
If JC passed away suddenly, I don't think I would even notice. It sounds so cold, but true. Steve was out there and didn't hold anything back - he was so real, and made you feel like you knew him (and his family) even though he was a person on tv.
28 posted on
09/19/2006 7:06:35 PM PDT by
arizonarachel
(Praying for a miracle!)
To: Mr Rogers
Le Français souffre-t-vous de l'envie de pénis, ne convenez-vous pas ?
29 posted on
09/19/2006 7:07:33 PM PDT by
George Smiley
(This tagline has been Reutered. (Can you tell?))
To: Mr Rogers
Jean-Michel Cousteau is just using this moment in time to pathetically ride Steve's coattail.
Jean-Michel is not nor will never be in Steve Irwin's league.
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