X-Message-Number: 29096
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:20:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: compensation for foolishness

I recall when Keith was standing with his picket sign and
indulging in court battles, he described the whole thing as
"fun."

I used to run a very-small-town newspaper, for "fun." After
one of the local police was fired partly as a result of an
interview that he gave me, and several people in the town
government became thoroughly annoyed by my reports of their
meetings, I found myself locked up for a short space of time
(purely by coincidence, of course). All charges were dropped,
months later, when I signed an agreement with the local
prosecutor to move out of the valley where the town was
located.

This is how the world works, and if you fail to understand
the world, it will teach you. I learned, and I trust that
Keith can achieve a similar level of enlightenment.

However, I never asked for help with legal fees or bail. My
problems had nothing to do with cryonics, and if anyone else
had asked on my behalf, I would have told them to stop.

Keith picked a fight with a religious group that has a
reputation for being the most litigious in the world. I wish
him the best, but we should not expect other people to
compensate us for our foolishness when the "fun" isn't fun
anymore.

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