A Stinging Commentary

Markos “Screw ’Em” Moulitsas Zúniga had some tocheiche (admonishment) to voice regarding the death of of Australian wildlife specialist Steve Irwin by the barb of a stingray. However, as is usual on the Left, it’s premature to assume you’ve met the worst, because there’s always someone who manages to plumb a lower depth. In this case it’s Germaine Greer, writing in the Guardian.

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Let’s just say that, assuming the first excerpt is true, I actually agree it was something Irwin shouldn’t have done. See, I don’t reject an argument just because a Leftist said it, but because I really disagree, and if a Leftist says something I agree with, I acknowledge that. But there’s an issue with the child abuse bit I’ll come to later.

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Behind this incident, especially McKinney’s behavior, are the gears that make multiculturalism tick: the idea that some humans can, by their very circumstances, be as free of all accountability as are snakes and stingrays. I guess this gives Orwell’s Animal Farm and its famous adage about the equality of animals a new twist.

Why not, after all, when environmentalist fanatics on the Left keep talking about animal rights? It’s a pity for them that animals don’t bring their own lawyers, judges and tribunals to crack down on all those violations of their rights. Were it so, we’d be reading news items like this:

UO To Issue Condemnation to Irwin

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In full on Our Children Are The Guarantors »