Kid Nation, good or bad?

Incase you still haven't heard of this new reality tv show from CBS, here's a link:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_nation/

Does this show step over the line how far reality TV should be able to go?
Lord of the Flys? or social experiment?

Only reason I could see parents throwing their kids into this show would be for the possible prize, a gold star worth $20,000 towards college. Who gets the prize is selected by the kid counsel, not merit.

So, good or bad?

It's definitely outlandish, but at least they get to learn teamwork and other skills they'll need later in life.

I wont be watching it lol.

Why not? Someone will find it entertaining.

Like Terry Schiavo....o wait nvm.

I can't believe the way the kids talk. It's like they were raised on TV and movie- OH WAIT.

i havent seen it, but i say put those bastard kids to work.

Lol kids can do as much as adults. I noticed that most of the kids in there were crying.

I saw a clip where none of the kids wanted to kill a chicken they had...too bad every time they order mcnuggets or chicken wings from a restuarant they single handedly smoked at least 2 and half chickens themselves. But i guess as long as the axe literally isnt in their hands...they dont mind.

If i was one of those kids i'd be like "Fine little sarah, you dont want to execute the simple task of chopping this chicken's head off...then go plow the field for six hours."

What do kids know? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

They know how to piss their pants.

It'll be awesome if the kid nation has a kid civil war. They'll throw sand at each other to death!

I found it funny what some of the kids were saying,

"Were doing it just like our ancestors"
"We can do just as much as adults"

BS : Stupid challenges didn't decide your class back in the day, just like how it doesn't now. You're born into it, so a system with drawing out of a hat would have been more realistic, but less entertaining. And our ancestors sure as hell didn't drink rootbeer, and pee their pants over killing a chicken. If these kids were actually doing the work early pioneers had needed to do the show would have never happened, since kids would have gotten hurt. Black smithing, horse breeding, barn building, well digging, there's a hell of a lot more than just plowing and carrying buckets of water.

If only I could yell at them through the TV:
"no, it's not the real experience you morons,
and NO, adults can do a hell of a lot more than you could, with a lot less BS."

If only...

Reading Lord of the Flies was scary enough. Don't want to watch this.

I hope I wasnt that annoying as a kid.

He actually was "pushed" off a cliff and his head busted open. There's always a Piggy.

are you sure...im pretty sure they dropped a big *** rock on his head

In the movie a rock was dropped on his head. I don't know about the book.

Poor Piggy.

I love how at the end they're all chasing Ralph and trying to kill him, but right when they see the sailor they're like "oh wait we're like fukken 10 years old why'd kill all those guys"

Is this the Reality TV version of Battle Royale? If so, DO WANT

No. They leave a bunch of kids in a town by themselves and they have to live.

END.

I give 'em a week before it turns into battle royale.

It looks to me like the town is much more controlled by adults than what is advertised. Who is CBS trying to fool? ...besides little kids?

When I read Lord of the Flies I was in 8th grade and in my rabid yaoi stage. You can bet what I turned Lord of the Flies into.

Only a handful of the kids got actual weapons, and even less received guns. They can make do.

There was something about this on the local news last night. Kid Nation was filmed just south of our capital, Santa Fe. Apparently, state investigators were turned away when they attempted to access the site where the kids were, and officials here are certain that a number of laws regarding child welfare and labor were broken by CBS during the production of the show. There are reports that children accidentally drank bleach (how could they not smell it..?) and one was burned with hot oil. I wonder if any of that will show up in the show?

They were also made to drag wagons for distances greater than a mile, and out here in the desert, under the oppressive sun, I can imagine how incredibly strenuous such activity would be on kids who probably spend their days in front of their Xboxes. And if they didn't have clean water or a/c to cool off afterward... sounds like a lousy way to spend the summer at least.

I'll be really curious to see what happens to CBS. It certainly sounds like they broke a bunch of laws.

yeah, merit barely exists in the adult world, let alone one run by kids.

That beauty queen ***** kid sucks.