X-Message-Number: 14252 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 17:25:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: #14229 - Where is a current summary? [Paul Wakfer] With the utmost respect, Sir ... I thank you profusely for your efforts in cryonics. I'm happy to hear that your life is bringing you so much satisfaction these days. Your chastisments regarding what you view as masturbatory online discussions seem harsh to me but I sense that harshness is more related to your frustrations with the lack of funding and slow progress on the research front. It's my view that Cryonet is and should be a community. It would be less so if all we ever talked about were highly rational and pragmatic topics. I've found the identity discussions and others in the same ilk to be helpful. I thank all those who've helped to stretch and clarify my mind. You rightly claim, I believe, that people prefer to build personal wealth by investing their disposable assets over giving that money to a charity. Why is it that no one attempts to fund cryonics research efforts through common stock offerings? I think there's plenty of money among cryonicists, but obviously they need a more attractive offer. Best regards, Scott __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14252