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Re: The Morality-Reality (TV) tour
Posted By: CarrieAnn, on host 24.216.10.15
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000, at 12:32:23
In Reply To: The Morality-Reality (TV) tour posted by Ferrick on Thursday, June 22, 2000, at 08:32:02:

Personally, I feel sorry for the team that lost
last night. They all seem to really get along
while the other team is busy "forming
alliances" and being cutthroat. Although,
Romana (the girl that got booted off last night)
annoyed me a bit when she all of a sudden
started working so hard when it came time for
the competition. I wonder if she had a feeling
that she would be the next one. My friends and
I were talking, though, and for $1 million, most
people would be dirty and underhanded. The
possibilty of instant wealth seems to bring out
the worst side of people.

I don't know, though, the untruths are really
unnecessary. Although, if you come off as
hard nosed you won't make many friends, but
it seems like you wouldn't make many friends
by being sneaky, either. I don't know. It's tricky.

> I'm sure a few people on here have been
watching Survivor. If you haven't, the premise
is that 16 people are deserted on an island
and filmed. Every three days, someone is
voted off of the island by the others. The last
two people left are voted on by the previous
seven who were there. The winner gets one
million dollars.
>
> Now, aside from all the strategies I've heard
about how to win/survive, it appears that the
only successful way to win is to lie at some
point during the 39 days on the island (i.e.
telling person A you are going to vote for
person B to get booted but actually voting for
person A). First of all, do you think that
someone could win without ever lying?
Second, is lying acceptable in this situation?
Why?
>
> Bonus question: Do you think a person who
would never lie outside of this situation would
lie because of the money or because it is a
TV/Game Show where the rules are different?