X-Message-Number: 5785
Date: 21 Feb 96 19:48:37 EST
From: Saul Kent <>
Subject: Legal Pre-Mortem Freezing

	To Brad Templeton: 
	I would appreciate it if you would refrain from lecturing me about the
lessons to be drawn from the Dora Kent case.  You have no direct knowledge of
that case, nor do you have any direct knowledge of me.
	Clearly, I have a very different perspective than you do regarding the
practice the cryonics.
	I value very highly the benefits of being frozen prior to the
pronouncement of "death" and, as a result, would welcome the legalization of
this practice.
	I am less concerned than you are about the likelihood of attempts to make
cryonics illegal in response to this practice.
	I am confident that, should such attempts be made, they would be
defeated.
	And I am virtually certain that cryonics will continue to be practiced
even if  cryonics *is* made illegal. 
	If and when pre-mortem suspensions are made legal, you are free to join
any cryonics organization that does not offer this service.  If no such
organization exists, you are free to form your own cryonics organization.

---Saul Kent


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