Don’t Get It

How does <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_COUCH_POTATO?SITE=MTGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-09-16-22-15-16">sitting in front of a TV</a> for 69 hours and 48 minutes raise awareness of suffering children? I know most shows on TV are that bad that letting kids watch it ensures they suffer but I am not sure I get the connection otherwise.<br />n<br />n<b>The connection between our knowledge and the abyss of being is still real, and the explication must be not less magnificent. Ralph Waldo Emerson</b>