X-Message-Number: 11342 From: "chrissie" <> Subject: Re Message #11337 (Unsubscribing) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:35:16 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BE64EC.2E72FDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am also unsubscibing to CryoNet for similar reasons to Charles Platt. He is correct in his assumption that a first time user of this forum would have a VERY strange impression of cryonics and its purpose. I am one of them. I am no scientist, I am not educated to your levels, I joined CryoNet to learn more about cryonics. I am entitled to my views regarding what cryonics means to me. I was actually in the process of completing my sign up papers with Alcor. now I am seriously considering not doing so. WHY? you may ask. My reply would be, because I wanted to join the cryonics' movement for selfish reasons, hopefully I would have a second chance at life. The life I live now is not satisfactory to me, at 24 years of age, (I'm now in my fifties), I had an accident, which changed my life forever. I want a chance for another life, I thought, maybe the next time around I could have a happy and never ending life. Without constant pain, without the difficulties this brings to my life now. I have no relatives who are interested in cryonics, I would probably be alone if the resurrection is successful, (except for other Alcor members who may help me to readjust). I know most of my ancestors would not wish to be resurrected, the majority of them believed in reincarnation. They would not cope with the new and modern world, if they were brought back into a world they did not *want* to be in, they would not be very happy people, cryonics is for people who want to be in the new and modern world, there choice, no one else makes such a serious decision for them. Reading the newsletters from and others on this forum, the ideas which may be attempted in the future is not my impression of what cryonics is about, if he/they attempt to bring back everything which has already died, then this earth and maybe other earth's not yet found are going to be in desperate trouble. Population explosion and a threat to we humans who just wish to live our lives again without the possibility of ever having to face permanent extinction. I do not see the point in attempting to be resurrected, if scientists (or whoever) are going to try to resurrect everything which ever lived on our planet. History generally repeats itself, (some may agree,others disagree), we have seen in our past history many species disappear, ask yourselves why?, and at the same time consider that the next species which may disappear could possible be the human race, if we tamper with nature too much, we could be wiped out by some resurrected species passing on incurable diseases. (nanotechnology may not have the answer for everything). I know medicine will have come a long way in the centuries ahead, but why take risks with other peoples future life, just for the sake of saying ' We did it, we brought everything back'. No way, should resurrecting everything which lived be what cryonics is for, it is for humans with courage to take the chance on being resurrected, who want another life without death, and better than the life we are living now. Chrissie Walton.(in process of re-considering my Alcor membership.) ------=_NextPart_000_01BE64EC.2E72FDA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11342