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Old 14-09-2006, 11:38 AM   #1
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I dont know if this has already been posted, but I heard you can buy tickets for Steve Irwins funeral. Now if this is correct, I dont agree with having to PAY to attend a funeral to comemorate his death and especially to make money from it. Is it me, or this this a tad wrong morally?

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Old 14-09-2006, 11:42 AM   #2
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its not the funeral is a memorial service at the zoo.. and they are giving 3000 of the 5000 tickets away..
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its not the funeral is a memorial service at the zoo.. and they are giving 3000 of the 5000 tickets away..
I thought I heard on the radio that they are selling tickets this saturday. Perhaps I heard it wrong then.
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maybe the proceeds are going to his wildlife foundation thingy?

So it's a charity thing, not a money earner
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Old 14-09-2006, 11:52 AM   #5
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Yeh i heard they are going to his charity!

Sounds fair enough to me considering the costs his family and the zoo are going to incur on the day.
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I dont know if this has already been posted, but I heard you can buy tickets for Steve Irwins funeral. Now if this is correct, I dont agree with having to PAY to attend a funeral to comemorate his death and especially to make money from it. Is it me, or this this a tad wrong morally?

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"Australia Zoo and Ticketek at Brisbane and Maroochydore will distribute 3000 free tickets to the service from 9am (AEST) on Friday."
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i think they should charge for all the tickets its going to a good cause and the guy put so much into australia.. you can bet that there will be some sort of museium set up in the future that you'll have to go and pay to see, it'll be about his life story, and i bet every cent goes to charity, and good on them for it i say..
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Yeah they are free guys, the only reason it is a ticketed event is due to it being held in his Crocoseam (sp?) which is a limited seating venue. There will be tv screens set up around the park for people to watch, it will also be televised live throughout Australia, Asia and the USA.
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Old 14-09-2006, 12:01 PM   #9
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they are apparently asking for donations to go to his wildlife warriors thing for the tickets
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Old 14-09-2006, 12:21 PM   #10
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they are apparently asking for donations to go to his wildlife warriors thing for the tickets
Thats correct. From what i have been told there is no set price, you make a donation of any type for a ticket. And they have limited it to four tickets per person.
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Old 14-09-2006, 12:35 PM   #11
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well that sounds better than I thought. I didnt think it sounded right.

Well the cash goes to a good cause at least.
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"Australia Zoo and Ticketek at Brisbane and Maroochydore will distribute 3000 free tickets to the service from 9am (AEST) on Friday."
Thats what i read in my local paper
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Old 14-09-2006, 05:23 PM   #13
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http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows...4-365402cce5a7

they are free according to Ticketek. I suppose its just a way to limit the amount of people? :
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I am sure you will find some scum selling the "free" tickets on eBay
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Old 14-09-2006, 10:23 PM   #15
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I went past the zoo this arvo coming back from up that way just to have a look at the flowers and stuff around it and there were people camping outside the zoo tonite waiting to get the tickets. and that was about 5pm today
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