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 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4221