X-Message-Number: 26226
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 08:52:30 -0400
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: Congratulations and hopes for SA

To readers of Cryonet:

The reports by Suspended Animation look good. It's not clear from them,
however, that SA is working on vitrification at all, and vitrification
should have a high priority for any organization proposing to 
suspend patients (no matter where they come from).

Existing cryonics societies, particularly Alcor, have also reported 
what they did when they only reached their patients very late or
after an autopsy in which bureaucrats looked at the patients' brains.
Any organization which does suspended animation in cryonics will 
one way or another face such patients. It's entirely within the rights
of SA to simply refuse to work on such patients, but just what 
approach SA plans to take with such cases wasn't discussed. 

I have been a member of Alcor for some time, and have no present
plans to change. The whole issue of whether or not suspensions should
(or shouldn't) be done by a separate organization is raised by SA
as it has been before --- that SA looks like it may actually
succeed in making a viable organization. The more the better. I hope
it succeeds.

            Best wishes and long long life to all,

                 Thomas Donaldson

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