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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:40:21 EST

Subject: Bring back the controversy and off topic posts, SAI is "banned in Boca"

In a message dated 1/14/2004 5:00:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
 writes:
http://network54.com/hide/forum/54032
(Rudi Hoffman writing)

Yep, the above is still pointer to Cryonet Cafe.  But, since I offered my 

opinion about the WAY off topic post of Global warming, Cryonet has been pretty
tame.  "...To quiet..." (What the throwaway characters in horror movies say 
before the monster gets them.)

Anyway, I wanted to apologize if my suggestion about global warming made 
people be concerned about politics in general on this site.

The BIG NEWS? (Kind of like the paper after 9/11/01...there IS no other 
news.)  And yes, this sure as HECK ought to be on this site...

The SUSPENDED ANIMATION, INC. situation, which was REJECTED by the Boca Raton 
city council last night (vote 5 to 0) is TOTALLY on topic. 

And very disappointing.  

Rick had a good posting on Cryonet cafe asking a bunch of "What happens now?" 
questions.  

I had a private phone call conversation with David Schumaker, in which he 
explained a bit of HOW the situation came up.  

We all had wondered how such obviously smart people could make what appeared 
to be a ridiculous blunder of signing a lease without a zoning approval 

clause.  But, as it was explained to me, there was a series of events, an 
extremely 
unfortunate confluence of events, which made this happen.  

Because part of the conversation was in confidence, I won't go in to the 
details until the Davids (Schumaker and Hayes) choose to go public with the 

history.  But the bottom line was a lot of plain old fashioned "bad luck."  A 
tough 
one to beat.  

This is a dark day for progress in cryonics research.  BUT the march of 

progress WILL continue.  We WILL persevere.  Science, rationality, and longevity
have a history of eventually triumph over superstition, irrationality, and 
death.  As Saint Paul would say in less secular contexts, "Keep the Faith!"

Kind Regards, Cryonically Yours for Centuries,

Rudi Hoffman CFP


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