Oxnate wrote on Jan 28
th, 2021 at 11:44am:
vetryan15 wrote on Jan 28
th, 2021 at 12:06pm:
The problem isnt his military service. The problem is he lies, and gets caught at it, mutiple times. Bear Grylls might be a survival expert, but on the list of the top rankimg. He is dead last. If you follow his advice of drinking urine, you will die. Please understand that. He is a show man, on a tv show.
I think actually we all agree.
But he is simply playing the 'fantasy' game which for some reason or other became known as 'reality TV'. The producers of these shows control the way things go, not the front man. They are selling fantasy to their watchers.
What Grylls has apparently done has traded his integrity for the gig, and appears OK with the risk that some enthusiastic watcher is going to get themselves in serious harm following his advice. Not really the kind of depth of character I might have hoped for a Scouting Association!
I thought it was perfectly clear I'm not defending him - I think it is irresponsible for him to act as he does.