Reality TV

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Heres a thought that a seminarian friend of mine shared with me…
In the days of the Roman Empire, the people craved for watching battles remade in the Coliseum. Just the same, people in the early days of our nation would gather up on hills, far from the battles, and watch the Civil War rom a distance. People hunger for reality entertainment.
Heres the question my friend posed:
“I wonder how long it will be before we start televising executions and having prisoners fight to the death?”
That is not an exciting day. Let’s just hope that our world can pull it’s head out of Reality TV for a moment, and see just where we might be heading.
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Justin
 
i have no doubts that the feesibility studies are in progress now… all i have to do is say that i have seen it all and VIOLA, there it is, my greatest fear, now on prime time… opps… i wish i hadn’t written that i have seen it all…opps…peace… 👍
 
Good analogy with the Romans. People seem to have a morbid facination with watching others suffer which is what draws us to reality TV. I don’t watch it and I don’t let my kids watch it.
If I could just keep my wife away…
 
Interesting question! Have you every seen the movie “Running Man”? It’s a farce on games shows and a look at just this topic. Prisoners are watched by millions across the world as they fight for their lives in a reality based game show. If they survive they are freed; if they don’t well justice was served.Interesting note: this movie was made before reality T.V. became a fad.
 
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