X-Message-Number: 3725
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 15:24:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Ethics

On Sun, 22 Jan -1, CryoNet wrote:

> From: 
> Subject: Re #3711
> 
> It's likely that some Alcor patients may have in fact documented their 
> mental illness in their paperwork, but I don't see that as a valid excuse 
> to use them in a particularly unproductive debating strategy. For that 
> matter, using the tragic deaths of two cryonics patients to bolster your 
> own reputation is also poor form. 

Once again the seductive voice of Mike Darwin lures Mr. Cosenza from his
crevice. Good to have you back, David. We are lucky to have someone in
CryoNet expressing such sincere concern about moral etiquette. 

Let's see, with you lecturing on ethics, and Jan Coetzee lecturing on
science--maybe we could get Ronald McDonald to say a few words about
longevity through better nutrition? 

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