Untimely Demise
What, has this blog (reminder: http://blog.thebriz.org produces these “notes” for those of you reading via facebook) become nothing but a commentary on pop culture and gruesome murders? I sure hope so! Anyway, “untimely demise” is a phrase I’ve been hearing a lot lately regarding the death of famed Croc Hunter Steve Irwin. I could not agree more. When that poisoned barb of the dangerous sting ray pierced his heart, millions of people throughout the world lost someone they cared about deeply. Now that he is gone, we can see how untimely his demise really was.
HE SHOULD HAVE DIED A LONG TIME AGO! Jesus Christ, the man made his living by finding deadly, dangerous animals and playing with them! He would go and find huge crocodiles and taunt them. Thankfully the animals aren’t nearly as bloodthirsty as I would have been. And maybe Steve Irwin never looked like a tasty meal. And so he never died, even though he should have, YEARS AGO!
I’m really surprised that he lived as long as he did. I’m surprised his wife didn’t kill him when he hauled their one month old baby into a ring with crocodiles and danced the baby in front of them. She would have had every right to pull out a gun, jump in the ring, shoot him in the head, and take the baby out. Entertainment does not need involve the lives of tiny, helpless children.
And now I hear everyone mourning his “untimely passing” and saying what a great environmentalist he was. I have no doubt that he cared about those animals surviving. If they all went extinct, he would be out of a job. This man is not Jacques Cousteau, bringing cameras to places of the world no one has ever seen before. Cousteau let us know the amazing world going on under the sea, saying that dumping waste there was indeed affecting beautiful animals. Irwin let us know that you can get a crocodile pretty angry before he will actually try to attack you. And then, if you’re quick, you can avoid those snapping jaws and get away, laughing and unharmed. WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENTALIST IS THAT? Taunting animals is not a way to show you love them. Is he still in second grade, these animals like so many girls he tried to show affection for? Look at that, he wrestled the crocodile. That’s just him showing how much he loves it.
I hope his death serves as a reminder that playing with animals is not often a safe practice for humans. These animals are our equals. We are not put on earth to rule over them. I heard, this morning on a replay of a Larry King interview, Steve Irwin say that god had given him a gift to speak with animals. If that is the case, then why did he interact with them as if he was their lord and master, proud of them as if showing off his subjects? That is not how a naturalist is supposed to act, and yet he has become the model for so many nature shows on television: the wild man, communing with nature, all while really just showing how much better man is over animals. That is not the way life works here on the planet earth. I hope Steve Irwin’s “untimely demise” serves as a reminder to everyone – no person can rule the world.
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