X-Message-Number: 20321
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:57:34 -0400
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: CryoNet #20311 - #20316

Hi again!

Perhaps it's because my message on the subject of freezing
criminals arrived too late for many on Cryonet to read it
before they put out their own comments.

However the essential point was that anyone who arranged to
be suspended to escape punishment for murder would find that
doing so simply did not work. He would be met by doctors
ready to cure him of his criminal tendencies on his revival.
And if we still punish in the future, then he would also be
met by suitable authorities to carry out his punishment
(I myself think we'll outgrow punishment, but that's another
issue).

And naturally such things could only happen in a society 
in which cryonics had become widespread. Yes, Steve Bridge,
I meant my comments to be a small exploration into what
might happen when cryonics becomes widespread and often
successful. I do not think that any present cryonics society
should spend more than a few minutes on considering this
possibility.

                  Best wishes and long long life,

                       Thomas Donaldson

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