X-Message-Number: 1456 Date: 16 Dec 92 22:49:34 EST From: Charles Platt <> Subject: CRYONICS To Scott Herman: What are your motives? What are you actually hoping to achieve by attacking people here, in a style which is so aggressive and malicious? I can't see how anyone will benefit from it (yourself included). Therefore, your intentions must be purely destructive. I hope everyone is aware of this. Do you realize that the letter from Saul Kent, which you quote, is more coherent and considerably more principled than your own text? I gather from your angry remarks that Saul's biggest sin was to ignore you. To Dave Pizer: For each person who has avoided signing up with Alcor recently, I bet I can find five who did sign up in the past, because Cryonics magazine was extremely open and did not shrink from controversy. The newsletter which I propose would continue that tradition. Also, I would like to think that by providing an open forum, it would help us avoid any repeats of the situation where a person or faction feels they have no way to make their views widely known--and they have to resort to heavy politicking as a result. Please let us remember, there is a difference between free expression of opinions and go-for-the-throat infighting. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1456