The Big Donor Show

Each time when you think that commercial exploitation can' t go any lower you realize that there are always insane people pushing for new boundaries. Today Endemol, creators of excellent shows *note my sarcastic tone* like 'Big Brother' set the latest threshold. A new show will be launched in The Netherlands called ' The Big Donor Show' in which the public can vote for three candidates in need of kidneys. The winner gets the kidneys of a terminally ill woman who is also featured in the show...

It made me incredibly nauseous. Especially considering the fact that it will be aired by of all things *public* television... not some kind of crazy commercial station. I mean this is funded by government.

I don' t know what worries me more, the fact that a christian-democrat government is allowing funds to be spend on these totally unethical shows or what Endemol will think of next.

For more information: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm