X-Message-Number: 15266 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:01:43 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: Hi Bob Bob sez: > Debate is a delicate psychological game, the object seldom being to change > the mind of your X*#! opponent, but to make your points and to influence > readers or auditors on the margin. Bob, you are merely confirming my previous assertion: That you see this as a kind of political exercise. I don't see it that way at all. I have no political ax to grind. I'm certainly not looking for new members for CryoCare at this point. All I want to see is a fair description of research that I feel is important. As a writer by trade, I care a lot about the dissemination of information, as an end in itself. > feelings. (I'm not quite sure how to interpret this. Since he has already > said or clearly implied that I am a fraud, liar, cheat, and thorough-going > scoundrel, five times that bad would mean--what? A mass murderer or war > criminal, maybe.) The worst I suggested is that you were telling a slightly one-sided story in order to present your organization in a favorable light, while presenting your competitors in an unfavorable light. You have been doing this for at least a decade (in my personal experience). Surely you agree? > permits and inclination urges, I will engage him point by point and the > readers will make their own judgments. Point by point? That would be nice. But you still haven't answered my central point: Why you chose to omit mention of the most significant vitrification experiment in the history of cryobiology, when you purported to present a balanced overview of vitrification. Isn't this rather like the old Politburo describing the history of powered flight, without mentioning the Wright Brothers? --CP Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15266