Let's face it: it's turning the nation into peeping toms, voyeurs and perverts.
It all started with Big Brother. A number of civilians were holed up in an artificial house and watched...and watched...and watched. You watched them. And in doing so prepared yourself for you being watched...and watched...and watched.
After a few years of Big Brother, celebrities were dragged in to get more of the public watching and watching and watching, thus preparing more of the public to be watched and watched and watched.
Is it any coincidence that Big Brother occured around the same time as the explosion of surveillance cameras in the street. Look up and you'll probably see at least one camera watching you. But 20 years ago?
But now the surveillance taboo has been broken they are now moving onto turning the nation into peeping toms, voyeurs and perverts.
Big Brother changed from just simply watching people in a house to promoting as much hows-your-father and you-know-what as possible. But it didn't happen that much.
So?
So the solution is Love Island: young, attractive men and women, all looking for it, in a beautiful surrounding in a lovely climate that just happens to promote the contestants into wearing as little as possible? Er, I wonder what the producers want?
Last week the headlines were all about Love Island. Did they? Will they? He's a loverat. She's silly.
I'm not knocking it. I'm just really, really, really, really glad that my Grandfathers landed on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944 for this: Great Britain conditioned to total surveillance and voyeurism while the causes of world wars are totally ignored.
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