[Matthew Shea]

Regarding people like Steve Irwin, there is a big difference between accepting that an action of yours carries an above average risk of death and purposely bringing about your death. I'm sure Steve didn't want to die, but I'm also sure he accepted the fact that he was dealing with an animal that could possibly kill him. There may have been something he could have done to avoid what happened, but in that case his only wrongdoing is a bit of carelessness that had unfortunately tragic results. You also have to consider motivations. In other words, his actions in particular served a higher purpose, i.e. educating people about animals and helping to preserve and protect them. He wasn't just agitating the animal for the sake of agitating it.