haha! my whole family works in television. its all full of bastards

but basically, yes it decreases the time spent with our familys, but it also provides a valuable source of information. i really dont think we even know what we'd do without television....
its a bit like the 'net, it provides information, but its got some negatives.
the rest of your post is specualtion...

its a slippy slope if you actually want to ban TV. and my parents would be out of a job