there have been some posts in here talking about 'he was mentally ill, why make fun of him, talk bad about him'.
Yes, he was mentally ill. I think you can be a horribly uneducated blissninny, but if you were exposed to the stuff he had seen (male bears eating bearcubs) your brain would process this data and reject the teachings you had in malibu.
That being said, there are PLENTY of mentally ill people whose illness causes them to eventually become homeless, where they die from exposure, crime, inability to get simple diseases treated, etc etc.
The difference between a tim style nut and a homeless nut is the stuff treadwell was doing.
I don't see homeless people who are so crazy they think wearing yellow socks will prevent oncomming cars from coliding with them being offered the chance to spread their message to schoolchildren. Timmy, however, was given this chance. Hence his death may actually be saving lives.
Unexposed blissninnies were able to paint this guy as an expert. Again, crazy joe on the corner who licks the traffic light pole (this is why the walk-don't walk sign changes, because of his licking, not because of an internal timer)doesn't get to be called a traffic expert.
Crazy homeless guy may stand there and tell you if you give him $5 he will wave his tinfoil wand over you, which will protect you from alien abduction. We don't buy this, and the more cynical amungst us may well question if even the crazy guy beleives it, or if it is just a scam so he can get booze/drugs. Yet timmy was pulling the same scam by claiming he was out there protecting the bears.
Treadwell's stance as an 'expert' put real experts to shame. Who can say how many times real ecology efforts had to deal with people who were educated by tim and hence interfered with efforts to get important stuff done. (Like allowing firearm carry in that area of the park, or even an occasional hunt there) How many people saw this expert and tried to extend his logic to other animals besides grizzlies.
Our world is safer with bears eating people like treadwell.
Regarding 'freedom of choice'. I don't think the government should outlaw the activity timmy was out doing. (although requiring rescue/recovery insurance so the taxpayer isn't footing the final cost of one man's dumb descision) However, it is my freedom of choice to not shed a tear over this guy's death.
Further
NOBODY DESERVES to die regardless of their unwise choices
Bull????. Each and every human bering is going to die. It seems to me that dying because of your own unwise choice is the FAIREST way of dying, the most deserved way of dying. Want to talk about undeserved death? Lets try death due to homicidal dictator, drunk driver, or cancer. If your actions, taken under your own free will lead to something, then in my book, that is what you deserve. This runs the gammit of choosing a wise investment and getting rich, to taking a boat out while drunk and drowning.
Finally
Many among us would die to save our pets that we have bonded to. Many among us would call our dogs, cats, horses, skunks, snakes etc part of our family.
I tell you right now, I love my pets to death. However, I am not going to run into a burning building to get my cat out if it somehow gets trapped.
My life & My family's live >Other human beings>My pets>Other animals
