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[Bud Brewster]

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Thinking Outside the "Plot"!
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My previous TOtP post addressed the question of whether or not Seth Brundle could have fixed both himself and his amazing device if he hadn't been killed.

However, this post focuses on how his invention would have changed the world. Obviously his device would have been both the salvation AND the damnation of the human race.

~ A Question for the Members: How many ways can we describe that would have been both good and bad for mankind if we possessed instantaneous transportation of matter from one point on the planet to another?

~ My Theory: The list is endless. Here are just a few examples.

~ Food could be transported to areas in which people were starving.

~ Starving people could transport to areas with plenty of food — quickly causing over population.

~ Medicines could be instantaneously sent to regions suffering from an epidemic.

~ Victims of an epidemic could transport to other areas where medical facilities where not overwhelmed — and soon cause those areas to be overwhelmed as well.

~ Peacekeepers (soldiers) could be sent to areas victimized by terrorists.

~ Terrorist could transport to areas not equipped to deal with terrorism.

~ DEA agents could teleport to the sites of South American drug lords.

~ Drug traffickers could diversify so completely that no central location would exist . . . and they could transport their merchandise to any point on the planet, making it impossible to prevent them from flooding the world with drugs.

~ FBI agents could locate criminals and close in them in seconds.

~ Kidnappers could snatch their victims and transport them to any point on the planet, making it impossible for Federal agents to find them.

Folks, I could do this all day!

And I'm sure there are other members who can offer their thoughts on this subject. After all, it's the very essence of science fiction, and it's a subject that mankind might have address in the future!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)