Two and a Half Men (sit com)

I've never watched an ep of this popular comedy straight through - I've never needed to, I knew it was pap. On occasion I've watched a few seconds of it while channel surfing, and never seen anything to change my opinion.

So today, I was channel surfing, and saw the last minute or so of an episode. The boy, the "half man" of the title, is sitting on the couch playing a video game while his uncle is trying to talk to him. And the kid is a jerk who continues to play the game, says "Yeah whatever" to his uncle, and generally treats him with disdain.

And the father comes out with his neck and hands in a brace, and has taken pills, and he wants some alcohol. And the uncle, instead of turning off the TV, ripping out the video game and telling the boy to go to his room or get out of the house for good, leaves the boy in command, and runs after the dad wanting his own pills and alcohol.

And I hate to think it, but this probably happens in real life more often than not. And it's too bad. Let a kid talk back to you, his parent, once, and that's it, you've lost.

What's really annoying is...did this kid's parents raise him to talk back to them?

Many years ago, Jonny Quest was my favorite TV cartoon. The original, not the remake. So I was watching...I think it was the movie they made of it, and Jonny Quest has fallen in love and has talked back to his dad and they have a huge fight.

Never happen. Not to the original Johnny Quest and his dad, because Johnny was raised right. And his dad would never have put up with his son showing disrespect.

But now....? Today's generation?