X-Message-Number: 16172
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:06:49 +0000 ()
From: Louis Epstein <>
Subject: Forgiving Leftism/Finding Ellison

On 2 May 2001, CryoNet wrote:

> Message #16166
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 18:01:33 +0900 (JST)
> From: "Matthew S. Malek" <>
> Subject: Ouch!
> 
> > > From: "Matthew S. Malek" <>
> > > Subject: Please spare me the "patriotic" rallying against China.
> > > 
> > >      	--Albert Einstein     (quote taken from a "Nation" article
> > > 		    discussing how the "Time" magazine biography neglected
> > > 		    to mention that Einstein was a socialist)
> > 
> > If you respect someone,you tend to politely omit mention of such
> > flaws.
> 
> I understand...  It is analogous to the way people sometimes omit the fact
> that I want to spend over $100,000 in some weird attempt to live forever.
> 
> Of course one shouldn't mention such things!  Socialism?  How absurd...
> It's _good_ to live in a country where 90% of the wealth is in the hands
> of only 1% of the population...

Well,it's good to live in a country where it's possible for wealth to
be distributed according to market forces,that permits dissemination
of the "90% in the hands of 1%" story without treating the lack of
evidence for it as an ipso facto crime,and has other connected 
freedoms...
 
> 
> Message #16168
> Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:20:39 -0400
> From: "Henry R. Hirsch" <>
> Subject: Re: Oracle's Ellison seeking Fountain of Youth
> 
> It seems obvious that Mr. Ellison needs an answer to the question, "What if 
> scientific research discovers a way of reversing aging in 50 or 100 years, 
> when it will be too late to do me any good?" The answer, of course, is 
> successful Cryonic suspension.
> 
> Our Cryonics providers should point out to him that research on Cryonics 
> therefore deserves his support and that he would do well to join one of 
> them. I would contact him myself if I knew how to reach him, but it would 
> be more convincing to have him communicate with the heads of one or more
> of our established organizations.

Oracle's address,at least,is no secret,though a charity of Ellison's
might be a more effective way to get his attention.

Has Don Laughlin's public involvement with Cryonics been a casualty
of the previous Alcor/Cryocare splits?

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