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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:40:55 -0400
Subject: comments

Up to now my husband, Robert Ettinger, has represented CI interests on
Cryonet. However, he is too busy working to further cryonics to respond to
the deluge of dissing that has flowed from the computers of those whose
interests are not consonant with CI's and IS's intentions to do the kind of
research that needs to be done NOW to insure that people desiring cryonic
suspension will have the very best possible procedures made available to them
at the earliest possible date. After all, the Visser method will be known to
all when her report is published in CRYOBIOLOGY or some other scientific
periodical.

The reason I am communicating is that I think a little bit of humor might be
welcome among the sour attitudes dominating Cryonet.

One of the contributors to the Immortalist Society research fund is Paul
Michaels, with his wife Maureen, who reside in England. He has been our guest
when we lived in Michigan and we found him to be a fine and very witty
gentleman.

He attached a condition to their donation: "All researchers must wear white
lab coats whey they are doing their research."

I want to add that it was disappointing to see Michelle Boorstein's AP
release and find no mention of CI's part in making the Visser demonstration
possible. Robert, as President of CI, initiated the invitation to the Vissers
to come to the U.S. and invited Alcor to participate in making the
demonstration possible. In addition, CI shared the cost and the Vissers were
guests in our home.

However, we bear the disappointment philosophically; the importance of such
publicity is to further the cryonics movement and we believe this was
accomplished.

One more thing: There have been public and private expressions of concern
that the Visser method or its adaptations might result in higher costs for
cryonic suspension. While obviously no promises can be made at this stage,
preliminary estimates suggest that the minimum Cryonics Institute suspension
fee of $28,000 will NOT have to be raised. 

Mae A. Ettinger


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