<< that the episode with Irwin, his baby and the crocodile was an awful scenareo when it originally occurred, and despite my sincere regrets over his tragic death, my opinion hasn't changed one whit. <<

Well, his persistence in "sticking his head in the lion's mouth" year after year also showed a certain amount of disregard for family members, IMHO. The thought "What'll happen to my family when I pretend to be nutz for the cameras once too often?" perhaps could have gone through that tousled head a little more often.