Mindlessness has its place. The human brain does need to escape from constant stress and veg out, then the brain can be refreshed to be able to absorb the important goings on in the world and *do something* about them. Of course, we do have a culture that does nothing “but” veg out, hence they elected a *do nothing*.
As for Jon and Kate, I’ve watched parts of it a few times while the TV was on and I was doing other things. It is a very sad situlation, Kate has increasingly become a control freak who is thinking more of herself and less of her children, and Jon has succumbed to the typical expectations of men in this society – to be submissive. Children grow up and move away and the relationship that’s meant to last is husband and wife.
(I find it ironic that feminists protest women being treated by their husbands the way Kate treats her husband, but they have no problem – and even encourage – women to treat their husbands this way. Another reason to hate Sarah Palin.)
My grandparents had the same type of relationship – much as I loved my grandfather, I respected him less because even I knew he needed to “be a man” and stand up for his “right to be respected” to his disrespectful wife.
The one’s who pay the most are the children.
