And now he is elevated, instantly, to Paul Bunyan status - like Paul with his ax and his blue ox named Babe, so Steve Irwin instantly rises into that great star-studded sky of heroic constellations - look, just past Johnny Appleseed and his appleseed sack, can't you just make out the outline of Steve Irwin with his hands in a crocodile's jaws? Okay, maybe just hugging a crocodile?
OF COURSE YOU CAN, the man's a fucking mythic hero. See? Regardez - the illustrious Crocodile Hunter, glowing up there in the night sky, somewhere near the other hunters like Orion
Anyway. That being said, I did find it odd that his death was treated with the same weight as the war against terror. Thank goodness for the news organizations.
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And on ET, it was "Sad news out of Hollywood tonight as we mourn the passing of a celebrity..."
In no way did I think they meant this dude. Do you think it's disrespectful to posit that there are crocodiles everywhere who thought they had a chance at dealing the final blow, and are now miffed at the stingrays?
That first paragraph is pure poetry. Very well written!
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