HelmetFire - Understood.
While I'm sure that he was a good family man, conservationist, lover of animals, BBQ starter etc..etc.. he was simply a man. Just like the fireman who dies in a fire, the test pilot, the rescue swimmer etc..etc, his job had risks and he got stung. Unlike the fireman, test pilot and rescue swimmer, Irwin's job got him into the limelight.
My comment was in response to the allegations that this man was 'the most intelligent man in Oz', and to the other suggestions that this man was akin to a national hero...a God!
It always amazes me in situations like this when the recently deceased is suddenly revered as something more than he was, simply because he is now deceased. It always amazes me how just because he happened to be in the media, he is afforded 'more' sympathy in his death, than the fireman, test pilot or rescue swimmer.
I don't want to take anything away from the guy, but let's not go overboard just that he's dead - that's what I'm saying!
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