X-Message-Number: 11290
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:38:59 -0800
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: Lovable Relatives
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> Message #11285
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:29:52 -0500 (EST)
> From: Charles Platt <>
> Subject: Lovable Relatives
> 
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Dave Pizer wrote:
> 
> > Let's say, for instance, Thomas would bring back his grandmother whom he
> > knew.  But she would not be happy without her mother (or other friends and
> > relatives which Thomas might not have known).  And then her mother  (or
> > other friends or relatives) and her mother  (et al) on so on, until we *do*
> > get to Lucy.
> 
> I'm amused that Dave assumes we would all WANT our relatives to be
> resurrected. Personally I would be horrified and dismayed by the prospect
> of seeing some of them brought back to life. I was quite relieved when my
> mother finally died, and was happy to follow her precise instructions for
> cremation, knowing that this would guarantee a permanent demise.
> 
> There are even some people who are frozen, whom I would hope not to have
> to talk to at great length in the future. In their cases however I would
> feel ethically obligated to assist in their resuscitation, even though
> none of them is a CryoCare member.
> 
> Conclusion: Personally I find that ethics are more powerful than family
> ties, as a motivator for restoring lide.

Gee -- optimist that I am, I think that a death/resuscitation experience 
would improve the temperaments of the old battleaxes, and that even if
it didn't, that psychology and psychiatry will have advanced to the
point 
that whatever mental problems they have can be fixed, and that even if 
they haven't, that technology will allow us to find them an enjoyable 
virtual reality where they can make artificial people miserable to their
hearts' contents.

Death sucks.

Kennita
-- 
Kennita Watson

http://members.home.net/kwatson1/

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