\'Crocodile Hunter\' Steve Irwin killed

[Thiudareiks Flavius]

Tim wrote:

The paradox I was pointing out was that, while he was doing this, he was also supporting certain political leaders whose policies are directly responsible for the habitat destruction that led to him having to preserve that endangered wildlife in the first place.

I could agree it may be a paradox, seen from a certain political viewpoint. But given that the man is dead, it just seems a bit mean-spirited to suggest that his political views make him less worthy than others to be called an environmentalist.

It's not mean-spirited, just accurate. The guy was a wildlife conservationist. And good for him. The only time I ever heard him say a word on the broader issue of the protection of the environment generally was when he disparaged the leader of the Greens Party in terms that indicated that, whatever his skills as a showman, he wasn't exactly the sharpest implement in the tool shed.

All I'm saying is praise the man for what he was, not what he demonstrably wasn't. He wasn't an environmentalist because he never did or said anything about the environment or its protection.