X-Message-Number: 23085 From: Subject: Re: message # 23082 (Randy Wicker) and an interesting speech by Davy Crockett Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:16:44 +0000 Until we have a Libertarian government it is only one's opinion whether or not it would work. By the way what is the criterion for whether or not a political system "works". Is it the length of time it survives? Nazi Germany survived 12 years, did it "work". The U.S.S.R. survived 70 years...I suppose it "worked". Our system has survived 227 years is it "working". The worst that could happen under Libertarianism is we would grow tired of making our own decisions and having to search long and hard in the telephone directory to find a government office. A year or so ago I wrote the Libertarian National Committee and ask their opinion on cryonics. After several weeks they finally returned a response. I gave it to Mike Perry and ask that it be published in an Alcor publication. He might still have it. Here is the response (I paraphrase): "Your body belongs to you and even if you die under suspicious conditions the state has no right to autopsy it without your permission...however it is your responsibility to let your wishes be known". Type Davy Crockett into a search engine, select Davy Crockett Memorial Home Page and read "Yours Not To Give". You might find it interesting. Best wishes, Jerry T. Searcy Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23085