X-Message-Number: 32982
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:46:36 -0700
Subject: responses
From: Charles in Arizona <>

Bob Ettinger writes:

"Remember that there are millions of millionaires in the U.S.--millions of
people who could afford cryonics with negligible cost to their estates. Some
of  these will come around sooner or later."

Thank you Bob. This is perfect. Now everyone can see that I was not
just making this stuff up. Many people in cryonics really do think
this way.

Gerald Monroe writes:

"your attitude is that those who bring more stuff with them when
they enter the cave should receive preferential treatment and we should
throw out some of the poorer individuals out into the cold, because it isn't
'profitable' to care for them."

Well, uh, yes, that is my attitude. And at the end of the article I
applied this principle to myself. I do think my cryonics arrangements
should be paid for by me, not partly by some other people, now or in
the future.

Gerald also asks, "What's the alternative?" to the current situation.
Well, Alcor could double its dues and fees and lose half its
membership. I think this would be a good thing for the organization.
It survived perfectly well at a smaller size, and could continue to do
so, on a more fiscally prudent basis. Those who leave Alcor can always
join CI, and they would save money even at current rates. Moreover if
Alcor became more clearly fiscally prudent, it might attract more
wealthy members. There is certainly room for an expensive organization
providing genuinely first-class service, and a cheaper organization
providing no-frills service.

--Charles Platt

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