X-Message-Number: 6235
From:  (hEpCaT)
Subject: Platt/Leary
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 11:31:29 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> Message #6220
> Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 06:58:40 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Charles Platt <>
> Subject: Pizer/Leary

snip snip...

> I really resent your general implication (which you share with Alcor's
> David Cosenza) that I somehow poisoned the minds of an entire house full
> of people. You may remember, Dave, that before I left Alcor, I was so
> highly successful at promoting cryonics, you had to ask extra people at
> various times to handle the additional load of phone calls. The idea that
> I somehow spread anti-cryonics sentiments is insulting and bizarre,
> especially since Keith Henson, another Alcor director, has stated
> unequivocally that it is almost impossible to change Leary's mind about
> anything. If I understand Henson correctly, I would not have been able to
> turn Leary against cryonics even if I had wanted to. 

This is true, and just for the record I NEVER said that Mike or Charles 
*consciously* turned Leary or his friends against cryonics. All I did was 
illustrate that there were apparent tensions between Leary, his friends 
and the people at BPI and CryoCare which is sustained by the Los Angeles 
Times article that I posted as well as Platt's own account of what happened 
during the initial withdrawl. They didn't convince him of anything so 
much as they alienated him (there's a difference).

There's no disagreement that CryoCare lured Timothy away from Alcor, 
probably with the hopes that he would be their first real big news story 
which would have gained them notoriety. Whether Tim was in his right 
mind when he was led astray, I'll leave that up to the reader to go figure. 
The advantage that CryoCare took was soliciting him as a member, and of 
course they say that despite the fact that he is no longer signed up they 
will still prepare a "detailed discussion" for their various publications 
after he croaks. If I were Tim, I'd feel like I had just been ran over by 
a ill-humor truck!


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