I meant that the technology of food replicators would lead into FAX transmission. Not that people would be consumed.
The problem I have with the FAX process is the "deconstruction" that is needed at the beginning of it. That seems kinda ... destructive. ... and painful.
It seems to me that the "deconstruction" process would affect the central nervous system in much the same way as a deluge of sulfuric acid. The only way to avoid it wuold be to have the bandwidth to de-res the entire body all at once, and nearly instantaneously. And that's ALOTTA bandwidth!