tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post115768922884866201..comments2023-05-27T20:41:00.441+08:00Comments on The Second Sight: The Australian EoR Aspires To BeEoRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565450093920373243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-1157727224685862892006-09-08T22:53:00.000+08:002006-09-08T22:53:00.000+08:00I'd like to add that our Prime Minister could foll...I'd like to add that our Prime Minister could follow some of his own advice - start doing something for conservation and sign the Kyoto Protocol. As for his comment about Steve Irwin dying in a "quintessentially Australian way" - cancer and heart disease is the Australian way. All of 3 deaths by stingray have been recorded in the past two centuries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-1157726003800741902006-09-08T22:33:00.000+08:002006-09-08T22:33:00.000+08:00My first reaction to hearing of Steve Irwin's deat...My first reaction to hearing of Steve Irwin's death was to laugh. Didn't he have it coming? He was embarrassing. The best known Australian in Japan and US was a hyperactive clown that cavorted with crocodiles. He ran a tacky zoo cashing in on shocks and thrills from dangerous wildlife. How could this be "conservation"?<BR/><BR/>Fortunately I stalled before posting, and did a little research. Turned out the "clown" actually <I>was</I> active in conservation. His Australia Zoo funds a conservation organisation: http://www.wildlifewarriors.org.au/about_us/index.html <BR/><BR/>As well as supporting local and overseas projects, it purchases land to set aside for habitat conservation. Some projects, such as its wildlife hospital, are more "feel good" than conservation, but saving habitat definitely is. At least, by providing thrills for tourists, he wasn't simply preaching to the converted. He was a real force for good, in the way he knew best.<BR/> I'm sorry I laughed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com