X-Message-Number: 18612
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: Autopsy Choice letter appears in New Scientist
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:07:35 -0000

My Autopsy Choice letter appeared in New Scientist, dated 20 February, 2002
on page 82

The letter called for freedom of choice in the matter of autopsy. It pointed
out that freedom of choice would change the status of pathologists in the
eyes of the general public from being ghoulish butchers to professionals
performing a wanted service for the deceased and their relatives.

The same letter was posted to sci.cryonics on and a number of other
newsgroups and has resulted in heated debate ever since. Many of those in
favour of compulsion seemed incapable of coherent discussion and resorted to
puerile abuse and threats that could result in action in the criminal courts
if anyone took them seriously and could be bothered. They also refused to
read technical articles by professionally qualified people which make the
case for choice. It just shows how secure they feel in their belief that
compulsion is ethical and worthwhile.

However the votes on http://www.autopsychoice.com have been largely in
favour of choice. Unfortunately, due to a technical failure at the poll
service providers http://www.voteserve.com the votes only represent a few
months, as their system lost its data that time ago.

--
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:      http://www.deRivaz.com
my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors'
report, an autobio and various other projects:
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http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org -
http://www.porthtowan.com

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