The hunger games!

Just a little bit inspired by "Hunger games"! I've watched the two movies that has come out (the first one twice to understand the concept. I´m a little slow) and just finished reading the first book. Now I'm waiting on the library to read the 2nd. It's thrilling and entertaining and the concept is just mindboggling - it could have been the most extreme form of reality show, which was what inspired Suzanne Collins, the author. And a thought strikes you watching it - how can anyone enjoy and watch other people suffer to death on live TV while eating potato chips and voting on their favorite 'player'? It's surreal in a way, but then again not so unimaginable after all. I remember first time I saw reality tv, back in the days, and how I wasn't able to understand how anyone would be openly angry at each other - on TV!! I was used to TV being all about cheerful people and acting. It was beyond me at that point, probably early 90's, how a...