X-Message-Number: 22172
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:22:37 -0700
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Falwell's Gripe

Jerry Falwell (!) writes:

>[snip] drug importation advocates regularly cite research from the
>Alcor Life Extension Foundation in their arguments. But the so-called Life
>Extension Foundation (LEF), ironically, is a rabidly anti-life organization.

As I noted in "Dealey's Howler" (#21892) this is conflating two different 
organizations with different purposes but similarity in names. Saul Kent is 
prominent in both. However, the ugly sentiments expressed above would 
probably not die down if the two organizations were correctly understood. 
What I get from this is that, like it or not, we are attracting some 
attention from people with more traditional world views, who are still 
rather numerous, and who are not liking what they find. We need to take 
this seriously and develop or refine our responses.

Mike Perry

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