X-Message-Number: 7290
Date: 	Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:51:03 -0800
From:  (Olaf Henny)
Subject: An Idle Observation

When the Timothy Leary debate was at its height, my IAP listed
approx. 120 to 130 postings.  When the debate had abated, I 
remember seeing at one time as few as 39 postings.  Now that 
the contributions to the 'debates' have lost much of their 
acrimony, I count over 250 postings.  All of this is of course
also subject to my provider's retention period on, which I did 
not monitor, but I also seem to detect a similar pattern in the 
activity on CryoNet.

My conclusion from all this is , that civilised, debate, even 
if not always very constructive, is a whole lot 'healthier' 
for cryonics than 'ad hominem' attacks, and believe me health 
*is* important for growth.  So let's keep it this way.
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Greed is a very positive motivating force.  Without it (the desire to 
possess) man would still not have captured the fire, and would probably 
still be swinging from the trees in some of the warmer regions of this globe.
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