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To: pepperhead
I don't think any of these reality shows are funny or good. It all seems like filler to me.

I tend to agree, but upon reflection, aren't sports broadcasts "reality shows"? Theoretically, anything could happen, either team could win, and most any player could make a play that is remembered and talked about for years.

As to this show, does it say anywhere that the husbands/fathers in the households with the swapped moms will sleep with said women? I presume they do not, and if such is the case, this show is no more stupid or less moral that that show where people redesign each others houses.(Trading Spaces, I believe its called?)

If the show helps people to understand the differences in other people's upbringings, it could be positive. We've already had an institutionalized way of swapping family members, its called the foreign exchange student. Instead of a mom swap, a young person has a chance to immerse themselves in a household with a culture totally different from the one they were raised. If the host family handles it right, it is a deeply enriching experience for all concerned.

15 posted on 02/09/2004 2:53:26 PM PST by hunter112
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To: hunter112
I tend to agree, but upon reflection, aren't sports broadcasts "reality shows"? Theoretically, anything could happen, either team could win, and most any player could make a play that is remembered and talked about for years.

Last time I checked they don't stage fake goals in the NHL. If you want to compare it to something how about wrestling.

As to this show, does it say anywhere that the husbands/fathers in the households with the swapped moms will sleep with said women? I presume they do not, and if such is the case, this show is no more stupid or less moral that that show where people redesign each others houses.(Trading Spaces, I believe its called?)

The name of they show they are basing this on is called wife swap. It is a well know swinging term. But what they call it doesn't really matter it is still going to be stupid anyway.

19 posted on 02/09/2004 4:50:14 PM PST by pepperhead (Democrats 3H attack plan for 04... He lied, Halliburton, and Hitler.)
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