Empathy is for old ladies. I say we make fun of 'em.

I'm not a big fan of tv, but I make time for "House" because it always surprises me. Last week, Dr. House pulled a 25-foot tapeworm out of a teenage girl's small intestine while she watched. What other show offers that kind of originality? And it's not just the cornucopia of exposed human organs that makes "House" great. Hugh Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House, the most satirical character ever written, and he pulls it off without a hitch. He's insensitive, but witty; marvelously politcally incorrect, yet impossibly likeable. Most of his blunt insults are offset by the fact that as he's offending his patients, he and his team of brilliant young doctors are working furiously to save their lives. House spent a week in a wheelchair to steal back his parking spot from this woman.
You may be thinking "How twisted does a person have to be to think that's funny?" I don't know the answer to that. I consider myself moderately disturbed. Watch Dr. House as he makes fun of his patients and colleagues next Tuesday and find out how disturbed you are.