X-Message-Number: 22888 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:37:54 -0800 (PST) From: Christine Gaspar <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #22872 - #22881 --0-847620209-1069281474=:6211 Regarding what was written by David Pizer: There is a happy medium here. I certainly don't want to live "just a little longer". On the other hand, trying to present cryonics to non-cryonicists, requires a measure of care and common sense. It is difficult enough to sound logical to those who lack the imagination and foresight to see for themselves what a good idea cryonics is. To add the fact that one wants to live forever, I think tips the balance towards the absurd, when being filtered through the ears of a skeptic. I think it is truthful, and realistic enough sounding to state that I want to live as long as I possibly can, and I want a measure of choice and control over my fate, rather than being the victim of nature and bad fortune. Christine Gaspar #22878: A Perfect Example [David Pizer] For quite some time there has been this trend by some cryonicists to try to soft-petal the prospect of physical immortality. Most of us who are signed up for cryonics want physical immortality not just to live a little longer. But some of us (not me) are afraid that if we state what we honestly want - physical immortality - we will look worse to non-cryonicists then if we just say something like "Oh we just want cryonics so we can live a little longer, and then we will be happy to die and be dead forever." --0-847620209-1069281474=:6211 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22888