What have we become as a human race?  We are a country already torn apart by divorce.  We have so many people so disgruntled by the dating scene they have resolved themselves to be single.  I honestly cannot believe we have stooped so low as to find trying to break up couples as entertainment. 

Is not the day-to-day life temptation enough?  Why would couples submit themselves to be tempted by wild and single people in any situation let alone an island?    What does it say about the single people?  They are trying to break up relationships on purpose.  I honestly feel they are the worst of the scenario.  How are they going to explain to God/Buddha/the Universe that well, I broke them up to be on a show!  I played the part of the devil to be on TV!  Gee, can you see the cloud giving way under your feet?

I did watch the first show but I have not watched it since.  I am not sure why I did other then I really did not believe that they were doing this.  I did not believe any couple would submit themselves to that.  I did not believe other people would take joy in trying to break up a couple or that people would enjoy watching it.  I guess I was raised wrong.  I would never go out with anyone who I knew was 'a couple' whether married or not.  That is not saying I would not see someone who dates other people but I expect them to be up front and honest about it and not serious about any one person and they all know it.  I would never intentionally try to break a couple up.  I do believe in karma and I would not want someone to do it to me!


I wonder why so many people watched it?  I also wonder how many will continue to watch it and why.    Are they watching it because they are like the gossips of the world that they love to watch others get hurt because it makes them feel better about their own lives?  Are they watching it because they are in disbelief?  Are they watching it because they wish they were the ones being seduced? I imagine each person has his or her own reason for watching it.   If you are watching it because you wished your own relationship was better then get out from in front of the TV and put some effort in your own relationship!

I did watch the Survivor off and on.  Everyone kept telling me I 'just had to watch it'.  So, I did watch if from time to time and I really did not like it.  Since I watched it once I did want to know who won but figured I could read it in the news.  What is the attraction there?  You have to admit its not exciting. It is the only 'real' TV as they call it, that I have watched.   Its not good drama.  It was not even a good comedy.  What is that people liked?  It maybe only that it was a game.  I have watched the new Survivor.  My reasons are to see the countryside more then the show or the people

I've also seen and heard of other reality shows in other countries where people submit themselves to different things.  This is still different.  They willing subject themselves, not someone else to different situations. Relationships are not games.  Relationships should be respected, not taunted.  Lets get real here, it's an island set for seduction and you expect anyone to not falter from its effects in any way?  Then you add a cameraman who is trained at what he is doing.  He is going to get the simplest act to look a lot more revealing then it actually is.  It really is not that hard to do.  Things such as the angle of the camera, the lighting and even the shadows can make something look more sexual then what the reality of it is.  It is also more tempting knowing your mate is in the same situation and the imagination of what is happening is always worse then the truth!  It may be a reality type show but since it is filmed and we are not actually there you still cannot be sure what is actually real and what is staged.

We are in an Aids epidemic era with no actually cure for it.  We have other SIDS that are now antibiotic resistant.  In an age where the free love from the late '60 and early '70 could mean a death sentence we are showing our young people little value in having a singular relationship.  The youth of the world have always had a problem with feeling they are indestructible, that it will never happen to them.  We have kids having sex as early as 11 and some younger. What message are we sending to them? 

What is so scary about all of this is that we are turning barbaric.  We are gaining pleasure from others pain.  We are starting the steps to shows like "The Running Man' and the other shows where people are forced to fight, or publicly killed. 

We condemn other countries for human cruelty, for torture, and for public killings as punishment as we start down the road to having it all on TV for pleasure.  If you think I am wrong, you are naïve.  Everything starts with the first step and we as humans tend to not look where we are headed.  We are too preoccupied with the instant gratification without thought of the ripple effect it causes.  If we did our planet would not be in the shape it is today nor would society be so messed up.

I also find it interesting that TV is stooping so low to get ratings.  It's telling me they are having a hard time finding good writers.  We had the 'Wedding" and I guess the Divorce game too.  Personally, if someone put me in that position I would walk off stage, out the door and not come back!  Again, I guess I live by different standards.

It does amaze me for the most part what people watch on TV.  I am busy with lots of different things demanding my time.  If I am going to take a break and sit and watch TV I want to be entertained.  I want drama, I want fantasy, I want action, and I want it to make me cry, or make me laugh.  I want to 'escape' reality not have more of it thrown in my face.  I want to be in awe of actors, the script, the scenery or the special effects.  I don't want to waste my time watching something I can either hear about or read about in everyday life. 

I rather am disappointed in Fox for running it.  I really do think it is just going a little bit to far.  We are a world where money comes before morals so I guess that explains it all!

Lynn Beck