X-Message-Number: 24713 From: Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:16:05 EDT Subject: nsane "nsane" talks about "nonsense" and "petty attacks" and "petty battle" and Waynick's "olive branch" etc. But "nsane" just doesn't get it and hasn't thought it through. We are not attacking but defending. I have repeatedly suggested that we should both agree to completely avoid comparisons, direct or indirect. But Alcor has not agreed (and effectively cannot, since they must claim superiority in order to justify the price differential). And many of our people (see below) insist that comparisons are necessary. Petty? Nonsense? We are talking life and death. If people cannot afford Alcor, but conclude that CI is inferior, they are likely to do nothing. And we constantly get direct requests from prospective members to spell out in detail just where we differ from Alcor, and why. We MUST respond. Several of our present members have told me they would not have joined if the comparisons segment on our site had not been available, because they would not have understood how CI could offer quality at such a low price. There was no "olive branch" from Waynick, only a repeated demand that we unilaterally stop making comparisons while Alcor continues to claim superiority. However, I think we will be able to work together in the sense indicated below. CI directors and advisors have agreed that we will write a new comparisons segment for the CI web site, and will allow not only the CI people but also Alcor to review it while it is being drafted. I have already written the first draft and sent it to the CI directors and advisors. Ben will send it to Waynick and anybody else he chooses. I don't care who sees it (although Ben, not I, will decide who sees it beyond the CI directors and advisors) and I will look at comments from anyone. Robert Ettinger Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24713