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From att!watson.ibm.com!metzger Mon Jul  1 11:10:14 0400 1991
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 11:10:14 -0400
From:  (Perry E. Metzger)
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Subject: cryonics #365 - Re: ... Spousal Approval

   Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 12:45 EST
   From: LEVY%

   I think it is a little extreme to divorce your wife because she doesn't
   approve of cryonics.  I mean, if she expresses an intention to oppose
   legally your efforts to have yourself suspended, okay: you have to choose
   whether she is more important than your suspension.

   On the other hand, I have never seen anything but disbelief and (good-
   natured) derision from my family and girlfriends when I told them
   about my participation in cryonics.  So am I supposed to disassociate
   myself from these people?  Of course not!

I never suggested disassociating yourself from family members who
think you are silly for going in for suspension. I merely suggested
that disassociating yourself from family who intend to intensionally
stop your suspension is the only rational thing you can do; after all,
if they tried to shoot you, you wouldn't want to be around them, and
how much different is trying to have you buried when there is still a
chance for you to survive? My parents think I'm silly for going in for
this thing but they don't intend to STOP me. My point only applied to
those who want to stop you from going in for cryonics, not those who
merely think you are a little loonie for doing it.

Perry Metzger

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