Game of Death

Can't happen again? Of course it can..and is. People, even intelligent ones, can be manipulated into doing terrible things. Psychological tests abound showing this phenomenon. This example is new. Using the premise of televion/gameshows to torture people.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7457780/French-contestants-torture-each-other-on-TV-Game-of-Death.html

So while people wag their fingers and sigh in a way that suggests it could never happen here, guess again. Good people really want to do good, but primal instincts of survival still kick in. Even if that survival instinct is basically wishing to not stand out and be accepted by a group of peers. Very sad comment indeed upon humanity.