X-Message-Number: 31141
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:28:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Julian Conrad <>
Subject: Petition to regulate the practice of cryonics and to free Ted...

Apparently written by someone using the name "Larry
Johnson":

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/regulate-cryonics-freeted

History

On July 5th 2002 at the age of 83, Ted Williams was
pronounced dead as a result of heart failure.  His
body was secretly taken by private jet to Alcor in
Scottsdale, Arizona where his head was decapitated
from his body and than placed (both head and body)
into liquid nitrogen.  Ted Williams' eldest daughter,
Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell fought against the process,
saying that her dad had requested in his 1996 Will to
be cremated and his ashes scattered off the Florida
coast. 

Currently, the greatest baseball player who ever
lived, as well as a true American war hero, is being
held captive and frozen in two separate metal devices
at a cryonics laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona.  As
you will learn, this disposition was not in his formal
Last Will and Testament of December 1996, nor did he
ever contract for such treatment.  In short, Ted
Williams' LAST WISH has been desecrated.  

In February 2004, Arizona State Representative Bob
Stump and local authorities drafted bill H2637. The
bill was an attempt to force cryonics facilities
operating in the state of Arizona to be regulated
under the Arizona Board of Funeral Directors and
Embalmers. The House Health Commission gave the bill a
do-pass recommendation. 

Shortly before the bill came to a vote, Representative
Stump pulled it, himself. Stump killed the legislation
that would regulate Alcor because he started receiving
death threats. "They had a ruthless campaign," Bob
Stump said in a newspaper interview. "I not a glutton
for punishment."  One phone call was so serious, Stump
felt so personally threatened, that he referred it to
the Capitol Police. 

Several months later, a newspaper article read,
"Disciples of cryonics" do not suffer critics well.
Just ask Arizona State Rep. Bob Stump. He received
threatening messages last year because he sponsored a
bill that would have established state regulatory
authority over Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the
Scottsdale facility that is the cold graveyard of
baseball immortal Ted Williams." After that, Stump
said he had "no plans" to bring the bill back to life.

How can a cult following like Alcor become so powerful
that they can successfully threaten lawmakers into
submission? This is not the way America is supposed to
work. This is not justice.

Conclusion 

Baseball legend Ted Williams unselfishly gave of
himself to the United States of America in World War
II and in the Korean War. Mr. Williams certainly
deserves better treatment than what he received after
his death. The Federal and State lawmakers certainly
owe Mr. Williams a full investigation as to why his
last wish was violated and should immediate rectify
his unfortunate situation. The Federal and State
lawmakers certainly owe it too law-abiding citizen's 
to investigate this matter fully and to seek legal
remedy to ensure that the rights of others are not
violated. 

Petition

We the undersigned hereby petition the United States
Congress, Arizona State Congress, Florida State
Congress, Arizona Attorney General and Florida
Attorney General to initiate the following: 

1. Fully investigate the circumstances surrounding the
disposition of the body of Ted Williams and consider
ALL of the evidence. Federal and State law enforcement
and lawmakers need to address some of the unethical
and possibly illegal practices of this pseudo-science
called "cryonics."

2. Force Alcor Life Extension Foundation to surrender
the body of Ted Williams to Florida so that the exact
terms of Ted Williams' last wish, as specifically set
forth in his Last Will and Testament, can be honored. 

3. Regulate the practice of cryonics. If cryonics is
to be considered a legitimate practice in the United
States, it must be tightly regulated and monitored in
order to avoid the tragic result and violation of an
individual's last wish. If it can happen to Ted
Williams, then it can surely happen to anyone unless
tighter controls are put into place. 

Thank you for your consideration.

Please see http://www.freeted.com/ for more
information.

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