Actually, I find it a little bit frightening that so many people seem inclined to "go along" and to, essentially, participate in a fraud, harmless though it may be. It makes me wonder what percentage of the population are inclined to go along with ANYTHING if circumstances reward or validate a behaviour. Me, I simply could not pretend that I couldn't raise my arm if in fact I knew I could. I suppose I am one of the spoilsport types. It seems to me we do not have enough spoilsports and far too many people willing to go along. I realize this sort of thing is just entertainment but I can help but feel that it has more sinister implications in terms of mass hysteria and the various examples of horrible herd behavior in human beings thoughout history.
