Survivor Show

When the concept of this television show was first introduced, I seemed to miss the part about the people getting voted off.    I honestly thought they were going to stick 14 people on an island and fly back six months later to see who was left. 

After all the stupidity, arrogance, preening and showing off on that ridiculous show, I am actually disappointed that my original misunderstanding was wrong.  

How can they call it a Survivor show when these people are surrounded by a camera crew, food and water, medical personnel and the like? 

All they are surviving is a vote.  Big deal.   They get voted off.  Where is the sport in that?  All they are doing is playing to the camera and the audience.   What if someone actually fell down and broke their leg?   In true survivorship, that person would limp for the next four months or expect his/her fellow show members to craft a makeshift cast out of bamboo leaves and tree gum until it heals.  

This show should be like Lord of the Flies.  Exist for the sake of existing, not because Americans have nothing better to do than sit around giving these people the attention they crave but do not deserve.  "Hey, look at me, I can tie a bandanna around my head, sweat a lot, swear at other people and be all big and scary.   I can cut down a tree and overtake a coconut.  I can fish with my bear hands wear sandals on the beach.   And then I can turn and smile at the camera.  Because that is why I am here."

Surviving isn't a popularity contest, who can manipulate who, sit around a camp fire and talk trash about each other, then let’s all raise our hands in proper democratic fashion and vote off the person who pisses us off the most.   

B-O-R-I-N-G

When they fly the people to an island, leave them there without the camera crew, the food and medical personnel, then maybe I’ll start watching. 

Ask our soldiers in Iraq what surviving is about.  They'll tell you.  And they ain't gettin' $1 million for their horrific experiences, you can count on that.  Where our soldiers are, people are fighting for their lives, not a silly vote.   Where our soldiers are, people do die.   This television show in comparison is an insult to them and all they go through overseas.   Makes me sick.