X-Message-Number: 569 From: (Ben Best) Date: 6 Dec 91 (05:07) Subject: a cryonics politician? In the recent elections in Belgium, a number of small political parties captured quite a few seats in the legislature from the major parties. The Flemish Nationalist party (of the north) now holds 12 seats, the Green Party (mostly in the south) now holds 10 seats, and the party (name?) of Van Rossem (a former Formula One racing driver who is an idol of many Belgian yuppies) holds 3 seats. The following paragraph is from page 6 of the Nov.29-Dec.1, 1991 issue of THE EUROPEAN newspaper: "The party of Jean-Pierre van Rossem, a wealthy ex-hippy and former anarchist, gained three seats even though he was in jail on a fraud charge at the time of the poll. Van Rossem, who was released on Tuesday, keeps his dead wife in a refrigerated grave -- a fate that was apparently stipulated in her will." This is the first instance I've heard-of of a political leader anywhere having any connection to anything like cryonics. -- Ben Best () -- Canada Remote Systems. Toronto, Ontario NorthAmeriNet Host Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=569