X-Message-Number: 32405
From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Bad publicity leads to more hostile relatives?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:56:14 +0100
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On 21 Feb 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

>  And even if Alcor wins custody
> of Robbins's body, the media might frame the story in a way  
> sympathetic to
> the relatives and derogatory to Alcor, contributing to problems down  
> the
> line with other suspensions opposed by the suspendees' family members.
>
> What should we do to keep this from happening to potentially all of  
> us with
> living relatives?

Until  cryonics goes mainstream, there is little hope of escaping  
negative press coverage. In the media, the motto is, "If it bleeds, it  
leads." Negative, sensational, and bizarre stories - true of not- sell  
best. So, that is the coverage we can expect from the commercial media.

If marketing is restructured to enroll whole families, then  
interference will be reduced. Recruiting enough families in a legal  
jurisdiction to influence local policy will reduce the risk of non- 
cooperation from hospitals and local officials. This is well within  
the capabilities of the Movement, if jurisdictions are carefully  
chosen. See my earlier analysis concerning the repackaging of cryonics.


dss


David Stodolsky
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