On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:49:34 -0500, Steve Sloan wrote:
> Is it a coincidence that game shows based on excluding people,
> like Survivor and The Weakest Link, are becoming popular in the
> US, at about the same time that outcasts are getting guns and
> shooting their classmates?
Honestly, I think it *is* really just a coincidence. We've always been
fascinated by the "darker side" of human nature anyway. Remember, there was
a time when we exectued people in public because it was entertaining. In
the same manner, I think people tune in to see who gets "killed" next.
On a related note, am I the only person who already wants to brain that
obnoxious English woman from this retarded Weakest Link show? Gads, she's
annoying! Do you think the British sent her here for the US version just to
get her away? :)
Thank gawd I don't watch those shows! It's one mind-numbing pop culture
thing that I've managed to dodge, at least.
Jim
"What can change the nature of a man?" - The Nameless One
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