X-Message-Number: 23656 From: "Paul & Maureen" <> References: <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #23644 - #23655 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:12:38 -0000 > Message #23646 > From: "John de Rivaz" <> > References: <> > Subject: Frozen Dead Guys > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:12:24 -0000 > > Why not have the facility in Norway? There is a growing interest in cryonics > in Europe and I have even received email from people in the USA wanting to > flee what they see as their litigious and paranoid society if there were a > solid and reliable facility somewhere in Europe. [ But I would caution > anyone "wherever you go there *you* are." ] > > Aren't there Norwegian chambers of commerce that would be as accommodating > as the Colorado ones? Presumably it was the personality and actions of > Trygve that made the Colorado people so accommodating. Repeating the same > actions in a country where xenophobes in positions of power can't evict him > would seem better than "beating his head against a brick wall" in Colorado. > > If you want somewhere where the native language is English, well England and > Norway are in the EC and I don't think that xenophobes in positions of > power are able to stop people moving between countries within the EC these > days. England also has more signed up cryonicists than any country other > than the USA as far as I am aware. > > -- In the interests of accuracy it should noted that Norway is NOT a member of the EC (strictly speaking it's not just England that is a member, it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) see http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html > Message #23646 > From: "John de Rivaz" <> > References: <> > Subject: Frozen Dead Guys > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:12:24 -0000 > > Why not have the facility in Norway? There is a growing interest in cryonics > in Europe and I have even received email from people in the USA wanting to > flee what they see as their litigious and paranoid society if there were a > solid and reliable facility somewhere in Europe. [ But I would caution > anyone "wherever you go there *you* are." ] > > Aren't there Norwegian chambers of commerce that would be as accommodating > as the Colorado ones? Presumably it was the personality and actions of > Trygve that made the Colorado people so accommodating. Repeating the same > actions in a country where xenophobes in positions of power can't evict him > would seem better than "beating his head against a brick wall" in Colorado. > > If you want somewhere where the native language is English, well England and > Norway are in the EC and I don't think that xenophobes in positions of > power are able to stop people moving between countries within the EC these > days. England also has more signed up cryonicists than any country other > than the USA as far as I am aware. > > -- In the interests of accuracy it should noted that Norway is NOT a member of the EC (strictly speaking it's not just England that is a member, it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) see http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html ************************************************************* Your mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailplushome.asp ************************************************************* Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23656