Author Topic: Would You Watch the Fatal Sting? (Read 1117 times)

Halo · « **on:** January 04, 2007, 11:58:55 AM »

Supposedly the original film of the fatal stingray sting to Steve Irwin has been given to the widow, and all copies have been destroyed.

If you could view it, would you watch the fatal sting?

Any special advice about the film you would give the widow if you were one of her advisers? For example:

1. Do you think she should release it for a profit to help finance his help to animals and/or his family?

2. Do you think she should release it for free as general safety education for people who approach animals in the wild?

3. Do you think she should never release it but just keep it for whatever?

4. Do you think she should destroy the film?

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:02:24 PM »

Airscrew · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:23:38 PM »

I wouldnt watch it, and she should destroy it

Slash27 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:52:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
I wouldnt watch it, and she should destroy it

yep

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:21:11 PM »

I think that an interest in seeing it is human and natural, but that doesn't create any sort of obligation to anyone. If she wants to destroy it, then she should, but it's nobody's business telling her what to do, either way.

detch01 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:28:20 PM »

I've no interest in watching a film of someone dying. As for whether she should destroy it - that's up to her, it's her property. If it were mine it would already have been destroyed.

asw

john9001 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:42:38 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
I think that an interest in seeing it is human and natural,

you must be one of them damm rubberneckers that jam up traffic looking at every little fender bender.

Mightytboy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:55:43 PM »

I would watch it for no other reason than to see what he did wrong. As a diver who has been up close to sting rays I want to make sure I don't make the same mistake.

Mustaine · « **Reply #8 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:06:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
I wouldnt watch it, and she should destroy it

sluggish · « **Reply #9 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:06:25 PM »

She should either release it or destroy it. To keep it and not release it is to set herself up. As long as there is a copy lying around, it will eventually make it to the public.

As far as what he did wrong, do you really need to see the video to know what he did wrong? He was antagonizing the stingray just like he did with every other wild animal he ever came into contact with.

Chairboy · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:08:38 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
you must be one of them damm rubberneckers that jam up traffic looking at every little fender bender.

Rubberneckers cause accidents. You might wish to differentiate between curiosity and compulsion.

JB88 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:16:47 PM »

whatever.

Vulcan · « **Reply #12 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:21:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Mightytboy
I would watch it for no other reason than to see what he did wrong. As a diver who has been up close to sting rays I want to make sure I don't make the same mistake.

Ditto, where I live/fish we have a *lot* of stingrays. I usually jump in shallow water with a light handline to catch baitfish live, up to 4 foot deep, I've had a few 'close encounters' with some big grandaddy rays.

JB88 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:23:53 PM »

Q: curious...did any of you anti-rubberneckers watch the saddam hanging footage?

sluggish · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:42:07 PM »

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Q: curious...did any of you anti-rubberneckers watch the saddam hanging footage?

Sure I did. And as usual, as soon as I satisfied my curiosity, I was immediately struck with guilt.

Do any of you rubbernecks get a tinge of guilt when you give in to your morbid curiosity?