X-Message-Number: 22174
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:10:04 +0200
Subject: Re: Falwell's Gripe
From: David Stodolsky <>

On Thursday, 10 Jul 2003 00:22:37 -0700, Mike Perry <> 
wrote:

>
> Jerry Falwell (!) writes:
>
>> [snip] drug importation advocates regularly cite research from the
>> Alcor Life Extension Foundation in their arguments. But the so-called 
>> Life
>> Extension Foundation (LEF), ironically, is a rabidly anti-life 
>> organization.
>
> As I noted in "Dealey's Howler" (#21892) this is conflating two 
> different
> organizations with different purposes but similarity in names. Saul 
> Kent is
> prominent in both. However, the ugly sentiments expressed above would
> probably not die down if the two organizations were correctly 
> understood.
> What I get from this is that, like it or not, we are attracting some
> attention from people with more traditional world views, who are still
> rather numerous, and who are not liking what they find. We need to take
> this seriously and develop or refine our responses.

This is a job for the Venturist organization. It will distract 
attention from the LEF and the suspension organizations, and reframe 
the issue as a freedom of religion case.


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