X-Message-Number: 31510 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: religion declining Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:17:31 -0000 As to why cryonics shouldn't be marked in the Canadian province of British Columbia: a good reference is http://www.cryocdn.org/law57.html Richard Dawkins wrote in The Selfish Gene how lawyers appear to act independently and to the advantage of their clients but in reality they are playing a game which results in the maximum income for their profession as a whole at the expense of their clients. He goes on to say how the fact that this profession is over-represented in legislatures prevents any improvement in this situation for the electorate. The adversarial nature of legislatures does nothing to improve things either. [Chapter 12 about 2/3 of the way through.] The unitiated see cryonics as a way of making lots of money from gullible people, so it is hardly surprising the legislatures see legislation about cryonics as a way of getting money for the profession from these gullible people. It is exactly as Dawkins says in his book -- it is all done in the name of **protecting** the gullible, ie the exact opposite of what it is really doing. He suggests that many lawyers are unaware of the way their profession works and may genuinely beleive that they are helping their clients. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more From: 2Arcturus <> Subject: Re: religion declining <del> Why shouldn't cryonics be able to be marketed in Canada? What *secular* case was made against it in Canada? Not that I, personally, would "market" cryonics. >>>This could be due to the fact that cryonics is regarded there as a type of religion. I haven't been able to find the text of the circular, but I doubt cryonics was banned because it was viewed as religious. Secular legal precedent seems to be the idea in http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B03E4D91339F937A25750C0A9649C8B63. But this is a very complex subject, impossible to discuss fully in emails. I would just say religions can be reflected in legal codes and political systems. <del> Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31510