X-Message-Number: 11698 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: the importance of Mike Darwin's message Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 18:50:11 +1000 (EST) About Mike Darwin's posting: I was unable to attend the 21st Century Seminars but did buy the tapes and looked and listened to Mike Darwin's resuscitation talk. I will be blunt here. Any cryonics society which does not look carefully into applying the therapy against nitric acid which Mike Darwin discusses in his posting does not deserve to call itself a cryonics society. This is a message not only to other societies than Alcor, but to the current leaders of Alcor too: Fred and Linda Chamberlain. Yes, our future may bring therapies for patients damaged far more than Mike seems to think possible. But simply to ignore possibilities to limit that damage seems to me not only obtuse but morally wrong. Yes, such possibilities MAY increase the cost of suspension; but patients deserve the right to be told both of the treatment, and its cost... and if they choose that treatment and can afford it, they deserve to have it applied. As for the Australian society to which I belong, I will send this message also directly to the other members who have modems and access to Cryonet. Finally, I will add this: Mike Darwin seems to have offended many, in one way or another. Some have found him impossible to deal with. However just because someone is otherwise offensive is no good reason at all to ignore what he may say when he says something which is a matter of verifiable fact. Even if you don't like someone, and find them offensive, if they tell you that your car engine is likely to blow up soon you should at least listen and consider what they have to say. Best and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11698