X-Message-Number: 8074
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:47:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Olaf Henny <>
Subject: CRYONICS Re: CryoNet #8060 - #8068

To Mike C. re. Message #8060
>>> Let us stop calling it immortality.
>
>The notion is at this time ridiculous anyhow.

 Olaf, please do not ridicule me 
for wanting to avoid using a word 
which may inspire negative reactions from religious.
Calling it living, longevity, or survival 
may avoid accusations of "playing God".
Avoiding negative reactions is important to me;
The fewer enemies I have the more secure I feel.
It is a sugar coating.
If we do not inspire any arguments we will live happier lives.

I should have said more precisely: "The notion of immortality 
is at this time ridiculous anyhow"

If my inexact use of language caused you distress, I apologize.  
However, I find it difficult to grasp, that you could consider
 yourself a 'notion'.


Mike Perry, Cryonet Message # 8064:

>Governments could be a greater threat than religion. 
>"Secular" governments often (though not always) take their 
>cues from organized religion, especially on matters of life 
>and death. Once again, though, the threat from govern-
>ments is a serious one. Thanks, Olaf, for pointing this out.

The most depressing thing is, that Canada appears to have 
recently declared DHEA and other substances as illegal on 
the ***urging of Germany***, which is actively lobbying her 
trading partners to adopt restrictive policies, concerning 
alternate health, similar to her own, much to the liking, 
I conjecture, of the large pharmaceutical companies.

Olaf Henny

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