X-Message-Number: 31402
From: "Kennita (Go Cryo!)" <>
Subject: Re: Simon Cowell
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:14:11 -0800
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> From: Mark Plus <>
> Subject: Simon Cowell
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:08:10 -0800
>
> I don't watch much television, but I know about some shows like  
> "American Idol" because of all the publicity they get, whether they  
> deserve it or not.
>
> So I recognized the name Simon Cowell. The Daily Mail article quotes  
> Cowell as saying, 'I have decided to freeze myself when I die. You  
> know, cryonics. You
> pay a lot of money and you get stuck in a deep freeze once you've been
> declared dead.'
>
> It doesn't state for a fact that Cowell, who apparently has a  
> reputation for saying outrageous things to establish his high  
> celebrity status and draw attention to his reproductive fitness, has  
> followed through on his decision. Though if Cowell starts showing  
> reporters his medic alert bracelet issued by a cryonics  
> organization, then I'll take his claim seriously.

Serious or not, I went ahead and posted a comment
to the article:

<quote>
I think it's wonderful that Simon has decided to be "frozen" (current  
procedures don't cause the damage that freezing would). The article is  
misleading about the cost; while Simon may be able to pay out of  
pocket, most cryonicists don't; nearly everyone pays for cryonics  
using the proceeds from a life insurance policy, and a L120,000 life  
insurance policy is within most working people's means.

The future will be a wonder to behold. Think of the medical and  
technical marvels that have happened in the past century, from  
transplants to eradicating smallpox, from the telephone to the  
Internet, and from automobiles to spaceflight. Progress is  
accelerating, and the medicine capable of reviving those placed in  
cryonic suspension will, in a century's time, be able to cure diseases  
of all kinds, including those of old age.

Medicine is actually looking towards curing aging in most of our  
lifetimes, but in case you otherwise wouldn't make it, cryonics is a  
good backup plan. Check it out!
</quote>

It may get moderated out, but nothing ventured, nothing gained....

Live long and prosper,
Kennita

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