X-Message-Number: 2837 From: (Thomas Donaldson) Subject: CRYONICS:RE Mike Darwin's comments Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 00:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Hi again! Basically Mike explains very well the issue of money as I commented on it. A hired craftsman is not asked to believe. I also hope that other cryonics groups can get to a state where they will have cryonicists in charge but work with hired and very competent help when needed. Still, a real cryonicist must always be present for direction. And that's the point at which money leaves the stage and devotion and loyalty come on. I will also say that even now, particularly for smaller groups who don't live near a cryonics center, the money to do this hiring simply does not exist --- and I remember how that was once true even of Alcor. Sometimes the only person available was a volunteer who acted for love rather than money. As a libertarian, I don't see that volunteers are to be despised at all. People DO act for other than monetary reasons. (Remember: libertarianism isn't the idea of making everything a business, it's the idea of letting people do their own thing -- and it often follows, but not always, that they will develop a business when they do so). Long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2837