09-06-2006, 12:26 AM
The Remnants of EnnSep 5 2006, 03:41 AM Hmm... no Aussies on this forum... no-one who shares the typical Aussie disdain for the obnoxious git...
Yes, it is terrible that he died. It is terrible for his family.
But let me point out that Steve Irwin was at best tolerated by the vast majority of Australians. He also died doing his life's work. That saying about those who live by the sword springs to mind. [/quote]
I hope that isn't the case (live by the sword, die by the sword), because that means I'm buying it during a flood event.
I had imagined that my death would come in a muddy hut on a world covered in a dense fog while trying to lecture an impetuous youth one last time before fading away to nothingness.
:coffee:
Yes, it is terrible that he died. It is terrible for his family.
But let me point out that Steve Irwin was at best tolerated by the vast majority of Australians. He also died doing his life's work. That saying about those who live by the sword springs to mind. [/quote]
I hope that isn't the case (live by the sword, die by the sword), because that means I'm buying it during a flood event.
I had imagined that my death would come in a muddy hut on a world covered in a dense fog while trying to lecture an impetuous youth one last time before fading away to nothingness.:coffee: