X-Message-Number: 21303
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:48:34 +0000
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: lying/hanging/etc.

Lest anyone misunderstand, my previous message was about
*CHOICE*.  If someone (or that someone's family) is
squeamish about hanging, or about not having a coffin,
I would rather they sign up for a "recumbent" suspension
than none at all.  Just make the choices clear (safety
considerations and all), and make appropriate
disclaimers, and impose appropriate charges, for a given
choice.

Hell, I'd just as soon we got big enough that we could
offer a choice of dewar colors!  And maybe I could get
a governmment grant to study how well different
varieties of wood hold up to LN2 temperature! :-)

Cars come in colors besides black because people want
*CHOICE* -- and that doesn't make the cars less safe.

Kennita

> Message #21291
> From: "Brent Fox" <>
> Subject: Re: Cryonet #21271
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:25:25 -0500
> 
> The positioning of the body head down is for the protection of the brain,
> the most important part of the individual, should a leakage of LN2 occur in
> the dewar.  The rational in this are soundly logical.
> 
> Just because an element of the public does not understand:
> 
> 1) The concept of cryonics in general.
> 2) The method of storage of patients for optimal safety
> 
> is not an excuse for the cryonics providers to bow down to the ignorance of
> the general uniformed population.  The SAFETY of the patients should be
> paramount above all other concerns.
> 
> Brent
> CI Suspension Member
> 
>>Message #21271
>>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:42:16 +0000
>>From: Kennita Watson <>
>>Subject: anti-cryonics article
> 
>>I find the "mausoleum" idea interesting.  Maybe people
>>should have the choice.  Horizontal or vertical?  Coffin
>>or no coffin?  Horizontal comes with a disclaimer, of
>>course, and coffins are extra.  Also, laying the body at
>>even a slight incline would offer some margin of error
>>and could still be called "lying" instead of "hanging".


-- 
May you live long and prosper,
Kennita
--
Kennita Watson          | Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
     |   None but ourselves can free our minds.
http://www.kennita.com  |           -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song"

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