Steve Irwin's daughter gives amazing tribute

PullMyFinger!

This astounded me on Sky News earlier. What a brave 8 year old girl.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30200-irwin_daughter,00.html

tbh

the full tribute is here:

http://mp3.news.com.au/bcm/irwin-funeral.html

very emotional, though I thought Russell Crowe was a bit of an arse.

J.R.HARTLEY

she was amazing, even if the full weight of whats happened probably hasn't hit her yet she's old enough to know that it was a big moment for her, and she's a pretty amazing eight year old to take that on.

oRlyYaRly

For an 8 year old girl in front of a massive crowd talking about her dead father, she sure did hold it together. You go girl. :eek:

Villain

Her father would have been very proud.

As for the muppets making jokes, piss off to another thread or perhaps get a life.

Femelade

my friend turned it on for me this morning just as the daughter came out, i only listened to the first line and i asked her to turn it off. Dont get me wrong, i would have loved to have heard it all, but even after her first sentence, i was already starting to well up. She is an amazngly brave girl to do that. She deserves the highest of respect for it.

Ruu_Old

Muppet banned, thread tidied. Carry on.
Beautiful tribute to an amazing chap, he would be very proud indeed.

trishw78

I saw a bit of it this morning on GMTV i was welling up as well femmy

Dave!

tis lovely She seems a bit too cheery though -- does she know that her dad's dead?! (who's gonna be the one to jump down my throat over this?)

Can anyone find just that clip on YouTube? I can find any number of tributes, but I just want that little speech.

lostexpectation

what did his wife say about his methods?

TempestSabre

Ruu - nice bit o moddin'


Brave girl.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

iirc when the pope died we had plenty of people making jokes in the "omg the pope is dead" threads and while people complained I don't remember anyoine doing any serious modding.

is steve irwin more important than the pope?

Villain

Why the hell for once can't people just stay on Topic, this thread is about Steve Irwin's daugther's tribute to her dad.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

if we can't do it for the tsunami, 9/11 or the war on terror we're not going to do it for an irritating australian who had a bit of a gra for pestering wild animals.

J.R.HARTLEY

DaveMcG wrote:

tis lovely She seems a bit too cheery though -- does she know that her dad's dead?! (who's gonna be the one to jump down my throat over this?)

Can anyone find just that clip on YouTube? I can find any number of tributes, but I just want that little speech.

as someone who lost their father at the same age and just as quickly (i.e. sudden death)i'd have to say , no she doesn't, becuase you don't really understand death at that age, her mam will be telling her to be brave and do this for daddy, and so she'll smile for her daddy, it's later when the family are left alone in a couple of weeks, and the door doesn't open at 6pm every evening that it'll hit the poor child, she still has a terrible time in front of her, but they looked on tv like a close family and that'll help the poor tike

Dave!

Mordeth wrote:

if we can't do it for the tsunami, 9/11 or the war on terror we're not going to do it for an irritating australian who had a bit of a gra for pestering wild animals.

"We", or "assholes"?

Ahh... the picture becomes clearer.....

TempestSabre

Mordeth wrote:

iirc when the pope died we had plenty of people making jokes in the "omg the pope is dead" threads and while people complained I don't remember anyoine doing any serious modding.

is steve irwin more important than the pope?

Well if you have to ask....:)

bounty

poor steve, i think ill go to that zoo one day

Nightwish

That girl showed amazing courage to stand up in front of 5000 people and do that. It was so sad to watch though.

Tar.Aldarion

That was really sad.

The girl was great, I would be so proud of her.
It was also the first time I did not want to punch Russell Crowe.

Rb

Watched the full tribute video, very sad alright but was a good tribute to the man.
Great courage shown by the daughter.

Dave!

Russell Crowe has like, the coolest voice ever.

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

Savage.

ehh, back on topic please, nothing to see here..........

Mrs. MacGyver

Mordeth wrote:

if we can't do it for the tsunami, 9/11 or the war on terror we're not going to do it for an irritating australian who had a bit of a gra for pestering wild animals.

I think thats pushing it too far indeed. Some people here (myself included) had great admiratin for Steve Irwin. His daughter is like him, strong, brave and resillient, an amazing little girl to do what she did. more power to her.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

'irritating' is pushing it too far?

blooeyes

i watched the memorial on animal planet at midnight last nite, should'v been asleep but cudnt stop watching, i was crying for most of it. then when his daughter started her speech i was a wreck, woke up this morning with swollen eyes. but he was a good man and has left a wonderful daughter who i am sure will carry on his good work.
RIP Steve

L31mr0d

In fairness, I understand the whole emotion about his death, but the guy was a little crazy. Does everyone not remember the video of him feeding a crocodile with a slab of meat in one hand and his baby child in the other. How differently would you be viewing him if he'd decided to bring his 8 year old daughter swimming with him the day he died. The guy was wreckless in a lot of ways around dangerous animals, no matter how much you say he knew what he was doing, he obviously didn't because he died because of it.

Entertaining and intriguing yes. More than this? imo no.

Kersh

We have already had that discussion in his RIP thread a few weeks ago.
I see reckless every day - cars full of unbelted kids etc...
This thread is about his daughters tribute, which was very good. The entire programme was great, wish I was there.

Tar.Aldarion

L31mr0d wrote:

Does everyone not remember the video of him feeding a crocodile with a slab of meat in one hand and his baby child in the other.

You mean the old crocodile that he had been looking after for years and knew well? Yes. He knew it was safe and had dealt with crocodiles since he himself was but a child.
Based on his lifetime of experience neither he nor his son were in any danger imo. His wife said her child was in no more danger than a child learning to swim and who do you think would be most worried about a child if it was in danger?
Animal Planet released a "Crocodile Hunter" special called "Crocodiles & Controversy,". It said that Steves' son was never in danger of being eaten by the crocodile.

The guy was wreckless in a lot of ways around dangerous animals, no matter how much you say he knew what he was doing, he obviously didn't because he died because of it.

Nonsense. Freak accident from a docile creature.

Entertaining and intriguing yes. More than this? imo no.

I think he as much more. He actually cared anbout something and did something about it, much more than most people will ever do.
He was in no way wreckless but he was in an incredible dangerous job all his life from childhood.
He was awarded the Centenary Medal for his "service to global conservation and to Australian tourism. Shortly before his death, he was to be named an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland's School of Integrative Biology.
Irwin was a passionate conservationist and believed in promoting environmentalism by sharing his excitement about the natural world rather than preaching to people. He was concerned with conservation of endangered animals and land clearing leading to loss of habitat. He considered conservation to be the most important part of his work: "I consider myself a wildlife warrior. My mission is to save the world's endangered species." Irwin bought "large tracts of land" in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the United States, which he described as "like national parks" and stressed the importance of people realising that they could each make a difference.

"These Hitlers use the camouflage of science to make money out of animals… So whenever they murder our animals and call it sustainable use, I'll fight it. Since when has killing a wild animal, eating it or wearing it, ever saved a species?
There are people who butt out their cigarettes in gorilla-paw ashtrays, with wastepaper baskets that were once elephant feet, who have ivory ornaments… who wear cheetah fur. Don't buy these things! Then there'll be no market and the animals won't be killed.

He founded the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation, which was later renamed Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, and became an independent charity. He was described after his death by the CEO of RSPCA Queensland as a "modern-day Noah", and British naturalist David Bellamy lauded his skills as a natural historian and media performer.

He also helped to found a number of other projects, such as the International Crocodile Rescue, as well as the Lyn Irwin Memorial Fund, in memory of his mother, with proceeds going to the Iron Bark Station Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.


He was not perfect but hey, he did a lot for a cause he believed in, all that he could and so I have a lot of respect for him.

Zulu

L31mr0d wrote:

The guy was wreckless in a lot of ways around dangerous animals, no matter how much you say he knew what he was doing, he obviously didn't because he died because of it.

You obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about. Sting rays are docile. :rolleyes:

duckegg

tbh wrote:

the full tribute is here:

http://mp3.news.com.au/bcm/irwin-funeral.html

very emotional, though I thought Russell Crowe was a bit of an arse.

Thanks for that i did not get the chance to see it ,that little girl was amazing