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$\"\"$ <\/a>Editorial By<\/strong><\/strong> David Paulin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a brain teaser for you: what weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? If you’re still thinking, you’ve got something in common with more than a few of the contestants on a reality-television show called Repo Games<\/a><\/em>. In case you’ve missed it, the Spike TV series follows veteran “repo men” Tom DeTone and Josh Lewis, who double as engaging game show hosts. Showing up to repossess a vehicle, they offer the debtor a way out as cameras roll: answer three out of five trivia questions correctly, and the vehicle loan will be paid off. Otherwise, the vehicle will be towed away.<\/p>\n

“F–k you! You’re not taking my car” is how more than a few contestants respond, before being coaxed into playing “Repo Games.” Others initially threaten violence — flailing arms, screaming profanities, and even producing kitchen knives and pots to ward off the repo man. One hot-tempered man with a pickup menacingly pointed an assault rifle at DeTone.<\/p>\n