[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'153668\' date=\'May 29 2007, 07:09 AM\']But garbage like this is a wholly different animal - this isn't some harmless little game where the winner goes home with a wad of cash and the loser gets Turtle Wax and Lee Press-On Nails - this is giving the winner a kidney transplant, and possibly condeming the losers to death. There are so many things I could call this concept of a show, but for the benefit of those who abstain from the profane, I'll simply say - it's sick. Absolutely sick.[/quote]Except for one thing; I'm going to guess that the losers are still on the waiting list, and they still would be even if they hadn't signed up. So they're no worse off than they were before. And one person does get a transplant, so there is that. There are more than enough people adding gas to the fire in Europe, so I'm not going to jump in the fray.
Make no mistake, I don't like the idea, and I'm completely unsurprised that it's Endemol that came up with the program. The best idea, which I'm sure never even entered the thoughts of those involved, would be something along the lines of a documentary detailing the problem, which is a grave one. Show the audience who benefits from the donation, and implore more people to sign up.
To sum up: noble idea, really really bad execution.
