What makes Steve Irwin untouchable?

It's not the joke that I find distasteful. Of course, I think Steve Irwin would find it wildly hilarious.. but it's the stress on the people who feel the loss. Would you walk up to a trucker's wife and slap her on the back and say "Wooo.. How ironic that he died in a truck accident!" the day he died? Or what about his kids? And how would she feel to find the first thing on the internet about her husband's death some pea-ant pundit saying that F*ck him, good riddance?
I'm just saying, why pick today to be catty? It's not even known if his wife has been told or not.. It's my understanding she was hiking way up in some mountains? It's just in bad taste.

Would you walk up to a trucker's wife and slap her on the back and say "Wooo.. How ironic that he died in a truck accident!" the day he died? Or what about his kids?

People do it all the time. Are you kidding?

And how would she feel to find the first thing on the internet about her husband's death some pea-ant pundit saying that F*ck him, good riddance?

a) I doubt she's trolling the net right now.
Who's saying THAT?

It's just in bad taste.

LOL. The world is filled with bad taste, and most people enjoy and applaud it. All the sudden we're going to be all PC and sensitive?

I'll keep that in mind the next time I see anyone say anything slightly irreverent around here. I'll be sure to give them a nice I'm-better-than-you chiding.

I'll keep that in mind the next time I see anyone say anything slightly irreverent around here.

I understand irreverence.. I like irreverence.. I was making an observation that this could have waited at least one day. I'm sorry. I'm a bit old-fashioned. I still pull over when funeral's go by in my car.. Hell, I even get out of the way of the ambulances when they come up behind me. Oh.. and I wouldn't blaspheme in a church. But somehow, my personal observation and opinion makes one think that I have a "better-than-you" attitude.

Hrmmm, I'll have to work on that. Thank you sooo much for pointing out that tact and good taste are not welcome in the world, and makes people think that you feel like you are "better" than them. I'll have to learn to make disparaging remarks to the other parents about their kids at the next soccer game.. or better yet, I'll go to an old folks home, moon them and shout "YOU"RE OLD!!!" and laugh maniacally. I mean, it's obvious and irreverent. That'll make me a much more hip and happening person, won't it?