X-Message-Number: 17386
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 01:06:23 -0400
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: So very humbled and grateful
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> Message #17368
> From: 
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:35:29 EDT
> Subject: Saving James Swayze
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> SAVING JAMES SWAYZE
>

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>  I hope that all $33,000 can be raised.  But at the moment raising even
>  $10,000 (beyond the current pledges) could secure a cryonic suspension, and
> the possiblity of a new life, for James Swayze.  $10,000 dollars seems like a
> lot of money, I know.  But there are said to be approaching a thousand people
> in the world who are signed-up members of cryonics organizations.  Some are
> comfortably
>  off, some of them are quite wealthy, and all of them are able to meet the
>  costs of membership and insurance.  If each one sends in what he can afford
> without hardship, James Swayze would be able to realize the hope all of us
> have -- a chance of a new and healthy life in an amazing future. We've all
> seen a lot of disagreement among cryonicists on this list.  Let's put it
> behind us, and pull together this once, to help a friend--a man of
> extraordinary spirit, who needs to have his extraordinarily bad luck
> mitigated.
>
>  Robert Ettinger
>

All,


Even though I was made aware this was going to happen I am still at a loss for 
words to express my gratitude. I have thanked Robert Ettinger personally and now
thank David Pascal and all those at CI working to make this happen. It still 
feels pale in comparison to what I feel inside. Looking for words to share with 
my cryonet friends to express my gratitude to

all, I went through cryonet messages I have saved since my first post. Some of 
you may remember it. I was griping about what I saw as too coldly academic a 
discussion of the reality of someone possibly choosing euthanasia to end 
profound suffering of severe pain and loss of quality of life. I must admit I 
was influenced heavily by my own situation and so it got

filtered through my unique paradigm. I expected to get flamed and shooed away 
from cryonet but instead I was humbled by an outpouring of care for me and my 
situation.


Tonight reading again what I had wrote and the overwhelming, for me, responses 
of those that lined up to pledge to help me I got a little emotional. I have a 
hard time accepting things done for me if I am unable to return in kind. I've 
always kept a sort of balance sheet. Someone does me a good turn I want to do 
the same for them. I don't feel this way so not to

owe anyone. I don't care about that and it is not rational because one could not
possibly pay such debts in life. No, my thing is an acute sense of fairness. 
It's the same for me as when I get blamed for something I did not do or I see 
that happen to anyone else. It's credit where credit is due. Perhaps I'm getting
far abeam. I mean to say I can't stand putting
anyone out. So I always try to do something, anything, in return.


I wish I were in a position to help someone else in need like myself and for 
that matter if I really had my way I would be a major contributor to cryonics 
period. I still hope to do that through my inventions or my art but let's face 
it that is a difficult dream to make come true. All I can do is keep trying and 
promise to continue to keep trying and also do my

part to promote cryonics and CI. I hope I can be of some value for PR and would 
welcome any suggestions. With that said I will close for now by saying thank you
all again. I am humbled once more and so very very grateful after all, this, 
should it occur as hoped, *is* the saving of my immortal life. Lastly, I 
sincerely hope those that pledged or may pledge will

not be in any way unduly burdened. It's cliche but I end this message still 
feeling words are simply not enough.

Sincerely,

James Swayze
--
From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of the journey
is not to arrive --RUSH

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