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From att!uunet.UU.NET!ininx!ininx.com!jkreznar Thu Aug 15 21:49:06 PDT 1991
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 91 21:49:06 PDT
From:  ([John E. Kreznar])
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Subject: The tragedy of political government

In cryonics #392 Tim Freeman says


> The central error in his argument is to equate communicating with a politician
> with "empowering the institution with the potential to obstruct your plans".

Where then do you suppose they get their power?

More to the point, where do you suppose they might get power over cryonics,
where they currently have made no pronouncements at all?  Could it be that
Lopp's action grants them jurisdiction where they currently have none?

> 4. Do what we would do in an ideal society where the legislature
>    didn't have any interest in cryonics.

The reason they _take_ an interest is that they're _forced_ to by actions such
as Lopp's.  Demanding the collective's blessing for actions concerning only

yourself hastens the departure from an ideal society where people mind their own
business.

Cryonicists tend to be an intelligent lot perceptive enough to avoid getting
mired in these political battles by not forcing personal decisions into the
collective arena in the first place.  This is why I hope it's worthwhile to air
this issue on this forum.

        Relations among people to be by mutual consent, or not at all.
 |  Voting in government elections, or petitioning government, or willfully  |
 |  accepting government ``benefits'' when it's feasibly avoidable (thereby  |
 |  generating demand for taxation), accelerate the supplanting of personal  |
 |  choice by collective dictate,  making these most serious crimes against  |
 |  humanity.  ---John E. Kreznar, , uunet!ininx!jkreznar  |
   It got so cold last winter, I saw a voter with his hand in his own pocket!

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