X-Message-Number: 457
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 91 11:37:55 CDT
From:  (Micheal B. O'Neal)
Subject: FDA/libertarianism

There have been a number of messages on this mailing list lately that
dealt with libertarian idealism and, more recently, the role of the FDA.

I do not object to such messages, but I would like to remind the posters
that there are suspension members who are dedicated to cryonics and who
are not libertarian and do not believe the FDA is the incarnation of evil.

Some cryonicists might even go so far as to say that such extreme political
and social views may turn off many people who are otherwise good candidates
for membership.  

My intention is not to suggest that we limit debate, rather it is to 
point out to the readers of this list that cryonicists hold a variety 
of social and political opinions.  Devotion to a particular political 
viewpoint is not a membership requirement.

Micheal B. O'Neal                           Dept. of Computer Science
Assistant Professor                         Louisiana Tech University
                              Ruston, Louisiana   71272

[ Michael, thanks for posting the message rather than silently getting
  grumpy with many of us.  We need to see many points of view so that we
  do not become victims of "group think". - KQB ]

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