X-Message-Number: 19488 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:37:48 -0400 From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> Subject: BBC Health: Vote Now! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C2C5F8EA651B78EACE3D999A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's how it's playing in the UK on the BBC home page (as of 8:30 a.m. Eastern, which is 1:30 p.m. in the UK) Question: Would you consider cryonic suspension for yourself? 46.1% 53.9% Cryonic suspension is the term used to described a process whereby the brain, head, or whole body is stored and preserved in extremely low temperatures, with a view to revival sometime in the future. The process involves (soon after legal death) restoring the circulatory and respiratory systems through an artificial blood pump and artificial lung machine, administering various drugs into the body/organ and the finally total submergence into liquid nitrogen. Critics of the practise are furious and blast religious and ethical arguments such as 'man trying to play God' and 'science going to far'. No human being has ever been successfully brought back to life after cryonic suspension. http://cgi.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/health/vote/vote.pl/health/vote2 Have we ever seen numbers like these before? I remember discussions a couple of years ago, about "Are we ready, when the huge growth in inquiries and applications comes..." Well, are we? I don't think Glenn or Bush would feel any need to make anti-cryonics statements, if they are aware of numbers like these. Robin HL --------------C2C5F8EA651B78EACE3D999A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19488