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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:44:11 EDT
Subject: Re: Oregon Assisted Suicide-Swaze on publicity 

James wrote on publicity, ***Comments below: ***
I'm sure the last thing
Oregonians want is to have a 'loco crazy bunch of individuals', as they
will see it, showing up just to utilize their enlightened law and abuse
their good graces in having sense enough as a progressive society to
care for excess suffering for the terminally ill.
Um, 60% of them *did* vote in favor of their Assisted Suicide law, in spite 

of its controversial nature and opposition from the same people who will oppose
this. So I wouldn't prejudge what they'd think about this.  They seem pretty 
openminded to me.

They won't see it the way we do, that we're actually not only relieving 
excess suffering but
also and wonderfully so offering an actual chance at continued life! They 

just won't see it like this if care is not taken to dot all the "i's" and cross
all the "t's". I'm sure very sure as I know Oregonians they will see it as 
exploitation.

*** Then why don't they see every instance of assisted suicide that way?  
Doubtless the anti's do....

It's a good bet the negative publicity stemming from such an endeavor
would not go well for cryonics.
Would there be publicity?  If we did it privately and discreetly and did not 
hire a brass band, who would know?  The Oregon Dept. of Health.  Would they 
ordinarily publicize it? Probably not.  Especially if the family asked for 

privacy. "If you do not publicize the names and burial practices  of others who 
use 
this law, if it is often called "Death with Dignity", then please preserve 
our privacy and dignity too."

Even so I still plan, if need arises, to
take advantage of that law. 
***Good!
I just hope first that it won't be necessary
but if it is that it will be so far down the road from now that everyone
will be much more enlightened than they are now, or cryonics will be
long past accepted, and see the benefit for me.
*** I hope so too.  But how will they get enlightened if we never discuss it? 
 And if we gradually open the discussion, quietly and responsibly, will that 
necessarily be *bad* publicity?

Alan


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