Irwin mania going over the top in SEQ

[Booney]

LMAO,yeah,stop carring on!

LOL

[MW]

I'm not surprised you'd spring up in this conversation Booney.

[Ecky]

The whole circus is very tacky.

Especially, the cretins celebrating like they won the lotto after snagging memorial tickets.

But Irwin's whole career could be described as "tacky" so isn't tackiness appropriate for this situation then?

[Booney]

I'm not surprised you'd spring up in this conversation Booney.

I'm not surprised you're not surprised..

[Rik E Boy]

I'm not surprised you'd spring up in this conversation Booney.

I'm not surprised you're not surprised..

I'm not surprised that your not surprised that he's not surprised. LOL. Come on MW. It's an Internet forum. You're supposed to bloody carry on.

Er...carry on!

regards,

REB

[Dissident]

The whole circus is very tacky.

Especially, the cretins celebrating like they won the lotto after snagging memorial tickets.

But Irwin's whole career could be described as "tacky" so isn't tackiness appropriate for this situation then?

Love him or hate him - I would think Tacky is a word not used to describe what he did.

[PhilG]

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[Dissident]

Soooooooooo REB......whats Germaine like between the sheets?

I didn't sledge Steve Irwin 66, just the hype surrounding the memorial and the way it's been continually shoved down our throats up here. It's ok for South Aussies to say 'It's a memorial FFS' but up here it's bloody madness. Before you compare me to Germaine fargen Greer I suggest you increase your capacity for information retention and comprehension.

Hype sucks no matter what colour you dress it up as.

So does "helping animals" as far as Germaine is concerned.

Sorry, Rik E - but your opening rant (as much as it was your opinion) DID sledge Steve Irwin. He was always about hype. He was an extrovert. He lived on hype. It's like I said - he would have loved the memorial service. He would have loved the attention. That's what it was all about. Now if you can't handle that yourself - that's fine. But to insinuate that it shouldn't have been done that way (which is what your rant was doing) is another matter entirely.

Bullshit.

[Pseudo]

Offered without comment, except that the first FAQ is sorely in need of updating:

http://www.crocodilehunter.com/crocodil ... s/main.htm

[Rik E Boy]

"I am one who believes that Steve Irwin was a great Australian, certainly greater than my insignificant fat ass"

Really climbed into him didn't I? As Dissident said Bullshit...and not for the first time either Phillip.

regards,

REB

[PhilG]

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[Dissident]

Soooooooooo REB......whats Germaine like between the sheets?

I didn't sledge Steve Irwin 66, just the hype surrounding the memorial and the way it's been continually shoved down our throats up here. It's ok for South Aussies to say 'It's a memorial FFS' but up here it's bloody madness. Before you compare me to Germaine fargen Greer I suggest you increase your capacity for information retention and comprehension.

Hype sucks no matter what colour you dress it up as.

So does "helping animals" as far as Germaine is concerned.

Sorry, Rik E - but your opening rant (as much as it was your opinion) DID sledge Steve Irwin. He was always about hype. He was an extrovert. He lived on hype. It's like I said - he would have loved the memorial service. He would have loved the attention. That's what it was all about. Now if you can't handle that yourself - that's fine. But to insinuate that it shouldn't have been done that way (which is what your rant was doing) is another matter entirely.

Bullshit.

How do you know? All extroverts love attention. Steve was an extrovert. Where do you think young Bindy's self confidence came from?

Rik E - where else was I wrong? (and don't bring THAT thread up because I'm done with it after realising you-know-who was a troll)

The only attention Steve Irwin craved was attention for nature, animals and Australia.
It's quick sick to even suggest he, personally, craved attention.

He was defiantely an extrovert - his boyish nature really meant he came across as a lovable carefree character.
But he was not an attention seeker.

[Rik E Boy]

Phil. No mate don't want to bring up THAT thread but I reckon that sometimes you don't actually read other people's posts before making a statement. Personally, I found the link to Germaine Greer offensive (yes, I know it was 66 and not you that originally said it) because her comments pissed me off as much as every other poster in this forum.

People linking my rant against the hype surrounding the memorial service to Greer's ironically sexist comments against a man who cannot defend himself obviously did not read what I had originally posted..and I reckon at times *ducks flying ash tray* you didn't really read all of Roylion's marathon posts in 'that' thread..or at least didn't fully respond to what he said. Please don't ask me to point out examples because I am over it as well.

cheers,

REB

ps - as for bullshit, you haven't caught me yet LOL.

[PhilG]

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[zipzap]

But he was not an attention seeker.

Not an attention seeker?? He made a Hollywood movie FFS!

[Dissident]

The only attention Steve Irwin craved was attention for nature, animals and Australia.
It's quick sick to even suggest he, personally, craved attention.

He was defiantely an extrovert - his boyish nature really meant he came across as a lovable carefree character.
But he was not an attention seeker.

I quoted this to expand on the automatic hype - and Dissident, I suggest you go back and look again at what an extrovert is. And also I suggest you also take the "attention seeking" in context. What Steve craved was attention to the animal kingdom. Now to achieve that, he had to APPEAR to be an attention seeker himself. That's why I think he would have loved the memorial service - if anything because it would have been all about the animals he wanted people to notice. A state funeral wouldn't have achieved that, and it's why it got rejected. So what I said was not BS.

Now as a result of that, the hype was automatic. It had to be.

Do we understand now?

I know what an extrovert is, Phil.

"An individual interested in others or in the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self."
"to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) outward or to things outside the self."
"a gregarious and unreserved person"

Steve Irwin was extroverted.

An "attention seeker" is someone who needs attention in order to feel needed/wanted/appreciated. Quite often, it's a personality disorder.

So no, saying Steve Irwin was an attention seeker because of his need to bring attention to the animals, environment and Australia et al is NOT what an "attention seeker", per se, is.

"Do we understand now?"

What are you - a school teacher?

[PhilG]

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[zipzap]

And no, I'm not a school teacher!

...not that there's anything wrong with that!

[Dissident]

Dissident - with all due respect, you're treating "attention seeker" in a rather stereotypical way.

Zipzap is spot on. Making a Hollywood movie is a terrific example of what I'm talking about.

Being an attention seeker is not always a bad thing. Certainly in the case of Steve it was a good thing. I'm sure Greer took the same attitude towards what an attention seeker is - and called it a bad thing. Of course that doesn't justify that bitch (as someone said on my own forum - she needs her bra back!!).

Apologies if that last remark offended - I'm still a bit sensitive to a certain person and his lack of understanding (Rik E knows who I'm talking about) and that's what came out. And no, I'm not a school teacher!

Sorry Phil, will have to agree to disagree. I don't think I'm treating it in a stereotypical way at all. An "attention seeker", to me, has always been a negative thing.

Germain Greer is more an attention seeker than Steve Irwin ever was.

[heater31]

Germain Greer is more an attention seeker than Steve Irwin ever was.

Spot on diss, why did she wait for the bloke to be dead before she launched her attack when he doesnt have the right of reply. she gutless twat.