X-Message-Number: 31684 Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:41:44 -0700 (PDT) From: un person <> Subject: David W Croft For Alcor CEO --0-561526318-1242603704=:91898 It has come to my attention that David Wallace Croft has thrown his hat in the ring for Alcor CEO. In that case, I, as a longtime Alcor member, wish to support him in this quest. What are David's primary qualifications? First, he is a family man. He has a passel of younguns, which he comes home to every day. Now I am not a family man myself. I wish I were. But when David comes home every day in his middle American abode near Dallas, TX, he has to live up to the expectations and demands of those kids. And they are indeed demanding. He has to live up their demands. And if he does not do a good job for Alcor, and keep his job, they might go hungry. And that is a pretty heavy burden for any man or woman to shoulder. And that is something that we Alcor members should keep in mind. A family man, with small kids, has those kids in mind at all times. That means that he will do a good job for Alcor. His kids will make sure of that. And kids will keep you humble. That is David's burden, but it is a benefit for Alcor members. Those kids will keep him working hard for Alcor. Also, David's family will be a nice public relations extra. I would like you to take a look at the recent Newsweek story about Raymond Kurzweil. He is a well known futurist and a cryonicist. Newsweek, a huge player in American media, just SAVAGED Kurzweil. They cut him to pieces. But take a look at the person Newsweek savaged. Was this a family man with little children dandling on his knee? Nope, just another very typical cryonicist/futurist type. No mention of kids or wife or family life in that recent newsweek story. All cold logic and rigid, logical certitude. Here is my point--the media is really a rather conservative outfit, despite all the pretend liberalism. They adhere to traditional values except where it benefits their corporate advertisers. But imagine if that article had been about David Croft instead of Raymond Kurzweil. I do not think Newsweek would have sliced and diced Croft as they did Kurzweil. David Croft is a lot like middle America in many ways. The mass media would NEVER treat a family man, with younguns all around, as they did Kurzweil. Oh, sure, David Croft is a lot like most cryonicists, too, when you get right down to it. A business man, a programmer, a scientist. I am all those things, too, And so are many cryonicists. But David has that extra Everyman touch that most cryonicists lack--he is a married family man with youngsters at home. Newsweek would never have cannibalized him as they did Kurzweil. Time for us to have spokespeople that mirror the majority, Time for us to have spokespeople that can garner sympathy and empathy in a minute on camera. David can do that with his wife and kids at his side. Now let's talk about something that is a very sensitive subject with cryonicists--religion. I am an atheist. And I know most of you are, too. And if you look into David Croft's background, I think you will find that he is very similar to us in most respects when it comes to religion. But David has an extra dimension to his thinking that most cryonicists do not--he has an appreciation for the possibility that religion could play a major role in acceptance of cryonics by the mainstream. I like that kind of out of the box thinking. And we need that. So, in closing, please consider supporting David for Alcor CEO. --0-561526318-1242603704=:91898 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31684