X-Message-Number: 31144 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:20:16 -0700 From: "Charles Platt" <> Subject: CryoNet #31141 - #31142 and the topic of money Since I don't agree with the "Free Ted" petition, I didn't add my name to the 13 (thirteen) who had signed it when I visited the site this morning. (Hey, only 24,987 still to go!) But I wonder if anyone who has signed can confirm my suspicion that if you follow the steps through to the end, you may be asked for some kind of a . . . donation. As I recall, the freeted web site asked for money during the brief period before it was shut down for violating the terms of service of the company that hosted it. I always felt that its appeal for cash conflicted, a bit, with its pious handwringing. As for Rep. Stump withdrawing his bill in response to death threats, that's an interesting story, but it fails to mention the political factors which contributed to the demise of Stump's bill. I suppose it's easier to blame everything on those lunatic head-freezers. Speaking of heads, why does the petition only request surrender of the body of Ted Williams? Is that the only part that the baseball fans are concerned about? Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31144