X-Message-Number: 2577 Date: 28 Jan 94 13:51:16 EST From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CRYONICS: more on Ben Best's message Hi Kevin! I've noticed one important thing after being off Cserve for some time: when I "reply" to a message, there is no easy way for me to insert CRYONICS into the title of my reply. It looks to me as if I should not use "reply" in Cserve. But in the course of using this facility, I did send a reply to Ben Best's message. and here is an addendum to it: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi again! In writing up my Reply to Ben Best's message, I'll say that on second thought I was a bit too quick. While I remain unimpressed by what one person says, I do think that incident should be treated seriously and not just ignored. Has Ben or anyone offered to educate this guy about what we are doing/trying to do? His writings (as quoted by Ben) seem to contain several misconceptions which could injure us if spread around. Ideally he should be approached by someone with medical qualifications, such as one of our MD members (do I hear Steve Harris volunteering?). If necessary I will send him some carefully chosen material, though the fact that I am not a spokesman for any cryonics group, nor do I have medical qualifications, may work against me. One problem in evaluating opposition to cryonics is that if you look you can find people who hold almost any given opinion. After all, there are still Nazis around. The time to get worried is when you see that opposition GROWING. The time to get REALLY worried is when it looks like it will soon become the MAJORITY OPINION. So far, opposition to cryonics has been sporadic and uncoordinated, and without support by most of the public. In the real world that's about the best we can expect. Finally I do hope that Canadian cryonicists are doing something about BC. It's best to get these things in their earliest stages, after all. I did think that something was being done. Is it? Long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2577