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? Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16172