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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It is if that stops them from realising that they are being exploited by people who are laughing at them all the way to the bank. Or if it makes them feel morally superior to anyone else.

I'm not a religious person... but "Pride" is considered to be a sin for a very good reason.




Yes, and there's a reason that they get those ratings. People whipped up and ready for a witch hunt. People realise that things are ****, it makes them angry, and they want someone to blame. That blame has been shifted - for obvious reasons - onto the people who are least likely to have the resources to do anything about it.

That's why you don't see three hours in a row of these shows about the lords or the corrupt MPs or unscrupulous bankers. They have the money to stop it.

So anyone who goes out to earn a wage is being exploited? I don't feel morally superior for going to work, I go to work because I want to pay my bills, keep a roof over my head and have a certain standard of living and I would rather work for "peanuts" and I have done in the past than sit at home watching daytime TV. It used to be called a work ethic!


I think you underestimate the viewing public we are not all brain washed idiots, the programmes could not be made if people didn't want to be the next "White Dee" or see a freebie landing in their lap, so you have to lay as much blame on the participants as the programme makers.