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. 

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