X-Message-Number: 18811 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:38:23 -0800 From: "John Grigg" <> Subject: Frozen French Couple Update French extropian Jacques Du Pasquier has been working hard to make a difference in the current crisis. And he has very good news to share! : ) best wishes, John Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:53:07 +0100 From: "Jacques Du Pasquier" <> [add to address book] [add to spam block list] Subject: Frozen French Couple Update To: Reply To: Good news ! I had the lawyer's office on the phone earlier today. They confirmed they had just filed a formal appeal to the decision this afternoon. But the nature of the decision was such that one was not guaranteed that it wouldn't be executed all the same (before the appeal was considered). In the meantime, however, we learnt from the press that the "pr fet" of Maine-et-Loire said that he would not execute the decision in a hurry, even though the appeal was not suspensive, and would wait for the decision of the Court of Angers on the appeal. He said he would do that out of respect for the family's mourning and the serenity with which this issue should be treated. I wrote yesterday to all the main newspapers and teles in France. On the other hand I never read the newspapers and haven't watched tele, so I don't know if it had an impact :-) Press in general may have had an impact, as things were put into the Prefet's hands by the situation, and he could take quick action without risks only in the complete absence of interest. We will try to coordinate with people who feel concerned about this (I have found quite a few, to various degrees, some even slightly organized), to raise public attention and try to influence the course of events. Jacques 2,000,000,000 Web Pages--you only need 1. Save time with My Lycos. http://my.lycos.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18811