X-Message-Number: 28105
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: economics
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:45:22 +0100

Anthony is not going to convert most cryonet readers to his ideas or
visa-versa.

As far as I can gather he did not read

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tonyparsons/tm_column_date=23062003-name_index.html
It makes the case for a free economy far better than I could.

I think that we have all stated why this ideas would not work, and further
discussion serves no useful purpose except to split hairs. I think it a
shame that the subject generates anger, but it is also inevitable when
compulsion, theft etc are being proposed. I cannot imagine such anger when
people are discussing for example what is their favourite book or film. The
reason is simple -- such discussions don't usually propose the use of force.

The fact that no one reading this list is in the "top 200" is irrelevant -- 
anyone with half a brain knows that condoning anything like this to other
groups will come back to them and everyone else eventually.

If Anthony is not satisfied with the status quo, rather than spend money on
signing for his own personal cryopreservation, maybe he should work on
trying to convince governments of the advantages of making it available to
those who want it, paid for by general taxation. There could be economic
arguments in favour of this, if applied to terminally ill people who want
it. It could avoid suffering and be far preferable ethically to euthanasia
which is gaining in popularity.

-- 
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

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