Comments on: Just Askin’… http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html An atheist woman, mother, wife, Ohioan and American citizen blogs. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: The Ridger http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1960 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:22:58 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1960 From everything I know - admittedly not much - Irwin did an enormous amount of good for conservation. His style was not to everyone's taste, but lots of people on the biology and science blogs sincerely mourned the man who brought them into the field. Also, he put his money where his heart was. From everything I know - admittedly not much - Irwin did an enormous amount of good for conservation. His style was not to everyone’s taste, but lots of people on the biology and science blogs sincerely mourned the man who brought them into the field. Also, he put his money where his heart was.

]]> by: roya http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1958 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:48:04 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1958 The ANTItheist has gone down too. :( The ANTItheist has gone down too. :(

]]> by: Jim http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1957 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:14:18 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1957 Getting back to "Just Askin," when I was a student at a forest technology program (50 years ago), the already legendary Director of the School told a story. He was leading a group of students on a field trip and they were going past a large Adirondack eratic (huge bolder left on the earth's surface following glaciation). On top of the bolder stood a faculty brat (faculty lived on campus) yelling, "Look at me Mr. Dubuar, I'm on the rock; look at me Mr. Dubuar, I'm on the rock." Whenever I watched Steve Irwin, I thought of this anecdote. Yes, he had many admirable characteristics, yes, he did much good, but yes he did seem to have a death wish brought about by an ego that wanted everyone to see that he was on the rock. Jim Getting back to “Just Askin,” when I was a student at a forest technology program (50 years ago), the already legendary Director of the School told a story. He was leading a group of students on a field trip and they were going past a large Adirondack eratic (huge bolder left on the earth’s surface following glaciation). On top of the bolder stood a faculty brat (faculty lived on campus) yelling, “Look at me Mr. Dubuar, I’m on the rock; look at me Mr. Dubuar, I’m on the rock.” Whenever I watched Steve Irwin, I thought of this anecdote. Yes, he had many admirable characteristics, yes, he did much good, but yes he did seem to have a death wish brought about by an ego that wanted everyone to see that he was on the rock.

Jim

]]> by: Vincenzo http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1946 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:55:03 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1946 GifS is the third blog among the few ones I regularly check that has gone down in a week. It's definitely some fundie hacker. Good, it means they're scared of them and shows how little they are (the fundies). Regarding Irwin, i wrote something on my blog some time ago, when i tragically died. I think we should be shocked, he died in a very unusual accident, there are far more probabilities to die in a car accident. But the point for me was another, did he deserved to be treated as a national hereo? was his work really doing any good for the conservationist cause? Here's my post:http://assurdestorienormali.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-pope-catholic-and-was-steve-irwin.html GifS is the third blog among the few ones I regularly check that has gone down in a week. It’s definitely some fundie hacker. Good, it means they’re scared of them and shows how little they are (the fundies).
Regarding Irwin, i wrote something on my blog some time ago, when i tragically died.
I think we should be shocked, he died in a very unusual accident, there are far more probabilities to die in a car accident. But the point for me was another, did he deserved to be treated as a national hereo? was his work really doing any good for the conservationist cause?
Here’s my post:http://assurdestorienormali.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-pope-catholic-and-was-steve-irwin.html

]]> by: stardust http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1945 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:40:18 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1945 Off topic - If anyone is wondering about GifS being down, it appears we may have been hacked into by some troll. Steps are being taken to correct the problem and we WILL be back soon as the problem is repaired. If any atheist/agnostic here gets a message from Dallas Christian College, or any xian trolls or drive-bys...BEWARE. (DCC were out most recent visitors under the pretense of asking questions for a Philosophy class. The site began having problems soon after.) Off topic - If anyone is wondering about GifS being down, it appears we may have been hacked into by some troll. Steps are being taken to correct the problem and we WILL be back soon as the problem is repaired. If any atheist/agnostic here gets a message from Dallas Christian College, or any xian trolls or drive-bys…BEWARE. (DCC were out most recent visitors under the pretense of asking questions for a Philosophy class. The site began having problems soon after.)

]]> by: stardust http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1944 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:35:52 +0000 http://www.theatheistmama.com/2006/10/just-askin.html#comment-1944 I always joked that this guy had a "death wish"! I mean, some of the things were absolutely crazy and outrageous. Unlike the guys from "Wild Kingdom" who would observe from a safe distance with zoom lenses, Crock Hunter went right out there and "hugged" these animals.While he supposedly did a lot for animals and the environment, he took some crazy risks...and the stunt he did with his little baby was shocking. While he was certain he knew what he was doing, one never knows with a wild animal, as he found out with the stingray. I always joked that this guy had a “death wish”! I mean, some of the things were absolutely crazy and outrageous. Unlike the guys from “Wild Kingdom” who would observe from a safe distance with zoom lenses, Crock Hunter went right out there and “hugged” these animals.While he supposedly did a lot for animals and the environment, he took some crazy risks…and the stunt he did with his little baby was shocking. While he was certain he knew what he was doing, one never knows with a wild animal, as he found out with the stingray.

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