You don't need a guy like Irwin to do that. In Florida in the 70s the gator population was in serious decline. They were put on the endangered species list and prohibited from being hunt or their skins/body parts sold. Within a decade the population rebounded so well that they practically exhausted their food supply and decimated the Everglades deer population to near extinction. Now the only way to protect the gators and their food chain is to allow them to be hunted for a specific period every year. All these solutions came about without any intervention of a guy like Irwin or a program like Crocodile Hunter. It was the bonafide researchers and zoologists out in the field working in veritable obscurity that came up with the plans necessary to save the alligator.BunduBasher said:and you have no idea what you are talking about :coocoo: - Irwin was into saving crocodiles not killing them - even the crocs mourn his death, at least with him around they stood a chance - Irwin was against croc hunts and helped put a stop to them !
No doubt, but this is another topic we can take up while on our PCs that we can more than likey thank Bill Gates the Harvard dropout for, or Thomas Edison who finished 3 months of education ;)Would you have that same attitude about a doctor or a dentist? How about a lawyer? I'm guessing there are some vocations where you'd insist on seeing a degree first before allowing them to serve you.
bsmith said:No doubt, but this is another topic we can take up while on our PCs that we can more than likey thank Bill Gates the Harvard dropout for, or Thomas Edison who finished 3 months of education ;)
What a world this would be if nary a differing opinion or perspective were allowed to intrude into your little corner of Nirvana. I wouldn't want to live there, but you go ahead. Sorry I don't fit into your neat, little box. :cool:Green Horn said:I figured this thread to be 6 pages of RIP's and Godspeeds. Not this sh--. :|
Thanks to those who f'ed this one up...and you know who you are.
Bad analogy since, as everyone knows, Bill Gates invented nothing.bsmith said:No doubt, but this is another topic we can take up while on our PCs that we can more than likey thank Bill Gates the Harvard dropout for, or Thomas Edison who finished 3 months of education ;)
Oh, I got the inference. I just thought putting Bill Gates in the same class as Thomas Edison was a reach. Edison was a legitimate inventor, Gates was an unabashed opportunist. BTW, I liked your analogy. Brevity is the soul of wit, and you nailed it. :cool:ellandoh said:to be fair Bsmith didnt say anyone invented anything, i thought he was implying those folks were very successful without the education
RADRick said:What a world this would be if nary a differing opinion or perspective were allowed to intrude into your little corner of Nirvana. I wouldn't want to live there, but you go ahead. Sorry I don't fit into your neat, little box. :cool:
Once again, mischaracterizing my comments. I never disparaged Irwin the man. What I take issue with were his methods. Like I said several times, he did do a lot of good for the cause of naturalists and animals. I just wish he could have done it without all the theatricality. Time will tell whether those who try to emulate (or imitate) him will destroy his legacy or improve it.truespode said:No... it's just you are doing the equivelent of going to a funeral and calling the guy a prick and you don't even know him.
If you don't like the guy start another thread.
This one is "Good Bye Croc Hunter" not, "I don't have any respect for anything in life so I want to be an ass"
And like I said, without it, no one would have paid attention. I can't believe you can't grasp the concept. Do you for one second believe Marlin Perkins would have a chance in hell of being on TV these days? Do you for one second believe anyone in the mass market will give 30 minutes of their busy life to some boring scientist/zooligist? Right or wrong, that's how it is. Either accept it and adapt or quit and belly ache about it. As a "journalist" I'd think you'd have a grasp. Or maybe you just write the filler no one has time for?I just wish he could have done it without all the theatricality.
Green Horn said:I figured this thread to be 6 pages of RIP's and Godspeeds. Not this sh--. :|
Thanks to those who f'ed this one up...and you know who you are.
So basically, you're a proponent of change for change's sake? When the boundaries have all been obliterated, what kind of world will we have then? I hope not to be here by then.Okiewan said:And like I said, without it, no one would have paid attention. I can't believe you can't grasp the concept. Do you for one second believe Marlin Perkins would have a chance in hell of being on TV these days? Do you for one second believe anyone in the mass market will give 30 minutes of their busy life to some boring scientist/zooligist? Right or wrong, that's how it is. Either accept it and adapt or quit and belly ache about it. As a "journalist" I'd think you'd have a grasp. Or maybe you just write the filler no one has time for?
I guess you prefer people who have jelly for spines and no conviction for their beliefs? You're right, that's not me. Peace, out. :cool:Knowing you will argue a point to death, for the sake of not being corrected, I'm out. My words are for everyone else. Your opinions can't be changed.
RADRick said:So basically, you're a proponent of change for change's sake?
truespode said:No... it's just you are doing the equivelent of going to a funeral and calling the guy a prick and you don't even know him.
If you don't like the guy start another thread.
This one is "Good Bye Croc Hunter" not, "I don't have any respect for anything in life so I want to be an ass"
Ivan
Okiewan said:Damn me. You are now allowed to have the last word.
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