X-Message-Number: 19665 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:10:57 -0700 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: Re: Messages #19648, #19649 and #19652 References: <> In Message #19648 Mark <> wrote in part: Quote: "I am continually amazed at the amount of tolerance that is shown toward religion by some members of this group. Some even go so far as to say religious leaders are not our enemies or out to get us. Hello! Has anyone been watching the coverage of the Ted Williams story. Any of the so called ethicists, theologians, men or women of the clergy, who have been interviewed continually referred to the practice of Cryonics as a selfish immoral act. ..." Unquote. I submit, that you would encounter various degrees of anti- cryonics bias in almost any segment of population outside of cryonics, even in the biomedical professions. So do you propose to take on the rest of the world? Fact is, that *some* members of the clergy have been positive toward cryonics, just as members of other occupational groups. In Message #19649 Yvan Bozzonett <> wrote in part: Quote: "So I remain on my position: No religious people, no rich having not invested in science or technology (outside mere speculation), no lawer or politician, no boss, military or high rank civil servant... I may extend the list, not reduce it. ..." Unquote And furthermore quote: "If "classical" cryonics using nanotech repair will work someday, then powerful parasites will have their way to long life. To be sure, they never pay for that to happen, so you will have to. Good luck!" Unquote. Ivan, you are denying half the people on this list the right to be nano-repaired, including myself I suspect, although you did not mention engineers on your list of undesirables. Like it or not, if it works, we will all be there. In Message #19652 wrote: Quote: "Entertainment? Education? Experience? For some, the desire for more and more of these items might simply be a form of gluttony. For others, though, it might be an altruistic desire to be of further benefit to others." Unquote. If life is a smorgasbord, then consider me an unabashed glutton. Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19665