X-Message-Number: 16382 From: "Graham Hipkiss" <> References: <> Subject: Re: CryoNet - #16377 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 23:29:11 +0100 Louis Epstein wrote: > Different value systems treat different consistencies > as more important than others.By my standards it is > the preservation of life that is to be consistently > preferred,more importantly than volition;by the > standards Charles extols,it is the person's volition > that is to be consistently preferred,even at the cost > of the person's life. > > As far as I am concerned,a wish to die is insane by > definition,and the person who has it needs to be > protected from its consequences.Others don't have > a right to wilfully end your life,and NEITHER DO YOU. > Foolishness must be guarded against. We must also guard against ARROGANCE, by States, Religions and people, who believe they have the right to impose their own volition on others. I believe all people should be cryonically preserved, but respect the wishes of those who chose otherwise. To insist that people should suffer pain, discomfort and humiliation to the last possible moment, I find abhorrent. To insist that people have to be tormented with the knowledge that they are imposing a physical and emotional burden on their loved ones as long as possible, I find repugnant. It is common sense that countries which value individual freedom are the ones that will embrace both euthanasia and cryonic preservation. Countries that are intolerant to euthanasia are more likely to be intolerant to cryonics. Graham Hipkiss Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16382