X-Message-Number: 23736 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Frozen dead Guy Days Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:00:30 -0000 My position on this is unsure I would agree. For one thing it is really up to Alcor people whether they go or not. The other is that there are clear arguments on both sides as why it is a good or not a good idea. One thing I do think is very important is to get the right information out there, ie to educate people about the many misconceptions. A lot of authoritarians are neither for or against cryonics but could take a stance one way or the other based on false premises. Once they have taken a stance, they feel that they would lose credibility as an authority figure if they change their viewpoint because of new knowledge. This seems to be a general fact in politics. When a politician changes his mind he is regarded not as being a sensible person working to the facts, but a weak uncertain person bowing to external pressures. But I do take the point that a smear campaign could use as a picture an Alcor stand next to some silly and flippant stand at any convention. I would imagine that this is a risk with these events. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23736