X-Message-Number: 19465 From: "Brent Fox" <> Subject: Taking advantage of the situation Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:45:12 -0700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C2284A.4E79EEE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello, Like the majority of us, I am also disgusted (but not surprised) at the way the media has portrayed cryonics in the recent Ted Williams case. The media can't even get their facts straight. However, we can use this whole affair about Ted Williams and cryonics to open up discussions with people (family, friends, co-workers,etc.) about cryonics, and dispel misconceptions. It can even serve as an opening to let others know of your involvement with cryonics (if you so choose to do so). I guess you could call it, "Cryonics Witnessing", and this is a golden time to do it. Just a couple of hours ago, I had a discussion with a M.D. concerning cryonics. It all started by "Hey, what do you think about the thing with Ted Williams and Cryonics?" Our discussion quickly moved to talk of "what is the criteria of death". Of course, he gave the standard medical definition. I responded with "Consider another criteria. Suppose medical technology of the future is able to repair and revive the person? If so, would he have been dead?" I got the "upraised eyebrows" look, and "hmm...that's certainly an interesting question!" Let's stop bitching about the media and turn this around on them! Brent Fox CI Suspension Member ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C2284A.4E79EEE0 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19465