X-Message-Number: 370 From att!watson.ibm.com!metzger Mon Jul 1 11:10:14 0400 1991 Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 11:10:14 -0400 From: (Perry E. Metzger) Message-Id: <> To: Subject: cryonics #365 - Re: ... Spousal Approval Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 12:45 EST From: LEVY% I think it is a little extreme to divorce your wife because she doesn't approve of cryonics. I mean, if she expresses an intention to oppose legally your efforts to have yourself suspended, okay: you have to choose whether she is more important than your suspension. On the other hand, I have never seen anything but disbelief and (good- natured) derision from my family and girlfriends when I told them about my participation in cryonics. So am I supposed to disassociate myself from these people? Of course not! I never suggested disassociating yourself from family members who think you are silly for going in for suspension. I merely suggested that disassociating yourself from family who intend to intensionally stop your suspension is the only rational thing you can do; after all, if they tried to shoot you, you wouldn't want to be around them, and how much different is trying to have you buried when there is still a chance for you to survive? My parents think I'm silly for going in for this thing but they don't intend to STOP me. My point only applied to those who want to stop you from going in for cryonics, not those who merely think you are a little loonie for doing it. Perry Metzger Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=370