X-Message-Number: 27783 From: "Billy H. Seidel" <> Subject: You bet Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 07:07:20 -0800 >>>>>>> Rudi Hoffman writes: Would anyone agree that it may be a good idea to keep this in mind in our communication of forward thinking memes like cryonics? And resolve with me to not unnecessarily antagonize the superstitious masses? Oops...I can start by not calling them that...I mean those who may have other gods or cultural artifacts in their worldview? (This posting is especially relevant to me. In a few hours I am heading to South Georgia to go to a wedding of Dawn's nephew. Right in the middle of the most conservative Babtist bible belt. These are good Christian people...but their religion is as bloody and insane as can be. Ahh...wwdd (What would Dale (Carnegie) do?). Warm Regards, For Centuries, Rudi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You Bet Rudi. I am with you on this one. In this country we have (or had) lots of freedoms. I keep telling people that we should not choose our friends by their belief systems. It seems to me that most of us are a product of our past and very few, if any of us can step out of that. Which brings up the question, Are we really capable of independent thinking? So with this in mind, I believe about all we can do is to encourage the people we meet, and ourselves, to keep asking questions, ask for proof and do it with respect. Respect for their belief system and the idea that they are, for the most part, expressing their past without question. Well good grief, I sure am glad I solved that problem. If every one believed like I do the world would be a better place. Now isn't that dumb. LOL As for Dale Carnegie, . . . . . . I spent 11 weeks in his sales training class and another 11 weeks as an assistant to the instructor. There is not enough room here to speculate on what Dale might do. I do have my own ideas. Humm, . . . . . . are they really my own ideas???? Billy H. Seidel Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27783