X-Message-Number: 4076
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 23:56:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: David Cosenza

David Cosenza seems to feel that whenever he launches one of his attacks,
other people (including myself) have some sort of obligation a) to take
him seriously and b) address his allegations. This, I'm afraid, is hubris
on his part.

Knowing what I do about Mr. Cosenza, I cannot possibly take him seriously
as any kind of objective or moral critic. Knowing a bit about Mike Darwin,
I cannot be bothered to reply to any accusation, direct or indirect, that
portrays him as a cross between Mr. Hyde and Sweeney Todd. David, in my
considered opinion, you are either so tainted by malice as to be a
hopelessly unreliable witness, or you are a buffoon. Of course, I may be
wrong, and if you have any evidence of your mental stability and
intelligence, I invite you to present it. 

I have known Mike Darwin now for five or more years, have enjoyed
countless frank conversations with him, and consider him one of a bare
handful of people in cryonics who has consistently put ethics ahead of
expediency or wishful thinking. Mike certainly has a mercurial
temperament, but if I suffer a health emergency tomorrow, I expect--
indeed, I hope--to be a cryonics patient in his care. I made this decision
after a lot of research and after learning a lot of personal and
historical cryo-facts which would be unavailable to the average member of
any organization. 

I make part of my living by writing articles in which I assess people
carefully and look for the truth. I am quite well paid for doing this,
from which I conclude that I must be reasonably good at it. In other
words, I am not a total fool where human nature is concerned. 

If anyone wants to ask me about my personal decision to help create
CryoCare and select BioPreservation as my care provider, I will be glad to
respond personally, provided the inquiry is serious. Since I don't
consider David Cosenza's post remotely serious, I won't take time to deal
with him any further here. 

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