X-Message-Number: 4221
Date: 16 Apr 95 16:21:05 EDT
From: Jim Davidson <>
Subject: Assisted suicide and a free society

We clearly cannot wait for a free society to come about on its own, as free

societies do not tend to happen by themselves.  Some of us are working to create
a free society.  In the meantime, there is international waters.

I've been working for a few weeks on a business plan for a hospital ship to be
operated in international waters.  Among the various services it would be
uniquely capable of providing, one is clearly cryonics-assisted suicide.  From
what I've been able to gather, the process of cryonic suspension is greatly
aggravated by having to wait for the heart to stop.

There are a variety of other elective forms of surgery (e.g. breast implants)
and other treatment protocols which might be administered aboard such a ship.
Operating 200 miles from US shores would place it outside the exclusive police

zone of the US, while making it accessible from land by boat, helicopter, or sea
plane.

Jim


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