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From: Garret Smyth <>
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: Death penalty
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 01:37:24 GMT
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Brad Templeton:
> I am told they do a cut-open-the-brain autopsy on the executed, so that
> pretty much leaves out cryonics.
> 
> If a cryonics org wanted some publicity -- perhaps in the "any press is
> good press" sense -- they could of course offer a free suspension for
> the brain of a convicted killer.

And you were the one that started the "Don't talk about neurosuspension"
thread!!!!!!!!!
 
> The bad publicity would of course be helping the killers, and publicity
> for neuro tends to brand cryonics as for kooks, and there are of course
> many people who deserve a free suspension more than 1st degree murderers.

No, there is a good arguement for neurosuspension, as we have recently debated.
Offering free suspensions for the executed is definitely for "kooks" whatever
they are. I suppose its the American for what we in England call "silly people
that think that freezing your brain is bad publicity but freezing convicted
murderer for free will really help cryonics in general". Or am I just being 
a silly old Anglo-centric fuddy duddy neuro-kook?

> Of course the anti-death-penalty forces might think this is bad, making
> execution more acceptable!  But they almost might think that at least
> the irreversible current system would gain some improvement.

Well, I tend to be against the death penalty myself (oh god, there goes that
pinko Brit neuro-kook again) and I don't think the idea would affect anybody
other than to make them think that anyone involved was completely Dagenham
(ie several stops beyond Barking).
 
> No, I actually think there are better ways to get publicity than this,
> but it would be interesting.

Oh thank god. Phew! Forgive my purjoritive comments. I thought you were ready
for the rubber room.

TTFN

Garret
PS In response to several enquiries, TTFN stands for ta ta for now. 

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Garret Smyth

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