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From: John de Rivaz <>
Newsgroups: uk.legal,sci.cryonics,sci.life-extension
Subject: Re: bad law vs. cryonics
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 11:48:37 +0100
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In article: <>  Nick Aleksander 
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> I think we  in uk.legal are just a little with articles being cross-
> posted to uk.legal which have no relevence to UK law.  Can cryonics
> posters check where they are cross-posting and why?

The threads on cryonics started with legal issues, and various people quite 
properly *given they they were unaware of the technical issues* said that 
the law was not going to spend effort on dealing with the subject unless it 
could be shown to have technical merit, eg by suspending and reviving a 
gerbil.

In answer to this possibly valid legal point, people then discussed the 
technical merits of cryonics, and tried to exaplin why the process still 
had merit even though the gerbil experiment could not yet be performed. 
Member of UK legal had the experience of hearing from world experts 
employed at recognised centres of excellence on subjects such as 
nanotechnology. Had they required the expert evidence of such people in 
support of one of their client's cases, the fees would have been high. Here 
they get the opinions free.

Why are some of you complaining then? Even if some of you have some 
political, professional or financial-interest reason to hate cryonics, you 
are better able to argue against it if you know the true facts and the true 
opinions of its supporters.

May I suggest that some of you complain because in your heart of hearts you 
*know* it makes sense, but you are not willing to let this come to your 
conscious minds because of the turmoil this would cause to your cherished 
beliefs and commitments and possible turmoil to your professional lives?

With regards to the latter, a professional interest in something new 
sometimes leads to substantial carreer advancement, so don't knock it for 
that reason. There is a lot of evidence that interest in cryonics is 
growing, and therefore estate planning and related services will be needed.

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