05-29-2016, 07:28 PM
(05-28-2016, 11:43 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: You just proved my point. Irwin molested a fish, and the fish retaliated killing him. In short he died for being stupid. Personally I think when stupid people are taken out of circulation it is a net positive for the species.
He cornered a creature that ended up defending itself in one of the few ways possible. That is probably how a stingray would defend itself against a seal, a creature that eats rays. Had the sting ray struck him almost anywhere else, then Steve Irwin would have survived.
He had a reputation of taking reasonable risks with animals known for danger to humans. There are people who wrestle alligators, animals known to have killed and eaten people. If alligators are in the water, you want to find somewhere else to swim.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.