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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:17:34 EST
Subject: Re: Longevity Activism applauded, brainstorming anti-death slogan

In a message dated 11/26/2003 5:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
 writes:
The latest article from the Longevity Meme, which might be of interest to
readers here:

http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=16


(Rudi Hoffman response)

To Reason and Devon Fowler,

What a wonderfully compelling article.  

I will indeed forward this to friends and clients.  We need this motivation 
and intensity.  We are fighting for our very lives here, and the lives of 
fellow humans we care about.  

I agree that those of us in the "progressive" life extensionist community 
need to speak up with a louder voice.  The "AIDS" analogy is compelling and 

accurate.  A difficult, multi-faceted elusive death sentence is largely overcome

through research and public awareness and funding.  It ain't gonna be easy, and
it ain't gonna be cheap.  But it IS a worthwhile and vital goal.   And a 
national initiative similar to dollars thrown at Cancer, AIDS, or "Homeland 

Security" could win the fight against ageing.  (Let's start with "Licking Bush 
in 
2004!)

How many billions are we spending in Iraq on a dubious venture to reduce the 
risk of terrorism?  Perhaps a hundred billion or more.  

In the US, we have had perhaps about 3000 people killed in a "terrorist" 
attack.  As Reason points out, we lose about 50 times that many EVERY DAY to 

aging.  And no one is dramatically and forcefully pointing out what a RIDICULOUS
disconnect this is.  

It is goddam outrageous.

Terrorists probably won't kill you.  But aging and death certainly will 

unless we AGGRESSIVELY take action.  I am searching for a slogan, related to 
this 
reality.  

How about "You are 18,250 times more likely to die because of Leon Kass than 
Osama Bin Laden?"  

Too long, I know.  We need sound bites that work.  I know the readership on 
this list is too intellectual for sloganeering work.  We are as a whole 

intellectuals who disdain the sound bite and slogan, preferring reasoned, 
nuanced 

dialogue and full disclosure.  But we need a rallying cry that "sings, compels,
annoys, and replicates"

We need a "HELL NO, WE WON'T GO" chant against the real terrorists...aging 
and death.

I am inspired.  I will find a way to make a difference toward a positive and 
healthy future with longer and healthier life for us all.  Thank you, Reason 
and Devon.

Rudi Hoffman


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