A stop to humanity.(Free Response #2)

The question about whether or not The Euphio should exist or if it should be used if it did is a tricky one at best, downright dangerous at worse. For me, the answer is a definite 'No.' The dangers of such a device are astronomical while the potential gains are so very limited. The single most dangerous thing about this device and its effect is that it does not discriminate against people wishing to use it and those who get near it. There is no defense, there is no stopping the effect and those under its spell, while I believe are not addicted, are no longer human. Human, and all other life, is a struggle to satisfy needs and desires all pertaining to the few simple truths that all living organisms must accept. We must eat, we seek shelter from dangers, we protect ourselves, and we must breed. Luckily, for humans and to a lesser extent some of the beasts, we have evolved what we call emotional responses to these needs, happiness being one of them. To be happy, one must meet your needs, and by meeting your needs you allow yourself to become happy. You are miserable because you are starving, so you eat, extending your life, and become happier than the moment before. You find a mate, your genes are more likely to be preserved, that part of you is happier than you were before. To simply be able to turn on a machine and experience a distilled, unending and powerful feeling of pure happiness and well being robs you of these functions, ending your participation in the human race.

This is not to say that it does not have its uses, say for those who wish to die or those who are terminally ill seeking relief from their agony, but the dangers are immense, mostly due to the fact that this effect has an area of effect. Imagine that you built a euphio capable of emitting this effect for 1000 yards, you push it into the middle of the Pentagon and flip the switch. All personal within are now disabled, incapable of performing their critical duties. Imagine if you could emit it over 5 miles. You could shut down the capital of any nation. Even just 10 yards could be used to disable the pilots in an aircraft. The scariest part is that if anyone gets near to try and end the effects, they will be disabled by it as well. A new era of warfare would be ushered in by such a ground breaking device, not of killing, but of undiscriminating disablement.