X-Message-Number: 11408 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:50:45 -0800 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: Thomas Donaldson; Definition of Death Thomas Donaldson wrote One of my major concerns when reading that article was not so much, the lack of comprehension outside of cryonics of *our* definition of death, but that as the definition of death shifts in the medical establishment, the margin between legal death and ischemic damage may narrow to such a point, that it will become much more problematic for timely cryonic suspension, i.e. the legal definition of death may well shift to a point, when ischemic damage has already set in, if the Dr. Brears have their way, forcing us all to move to Oregon. Best, Olaf >To Olaf: >It is a pity that those who doubt the current definition of death OUTSIDE >cryonics have failed to notice that we doubt it too. That is our basic >reason for suspending people. Not only that, but I notice that this bit >of news came from Vancouver, British Columbia, which has forbidden >cryonics firms from acting in their state --- one of the few political >entities, so far, which has done that, at least explicitly. Yeah, that is my chosen home province. The most beutiful place in the world, but with a government hostile toward cryonics in its recent history. One of my major concerns when reading that article was not so much, the lack of comprehension outside of cryonics of *our* definition of death, but that as the definition of death shifts in the medical establishment, the margin between legal death and ischemic damage may narrow to such a point, that it will become much more problematic for timely cryonic suspension, i.e. the legal definition of death may well shift to a point, when ischemic damage has already set in, if the Dr. Brears have their way, forcing us all to move to Oregon. Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11408