X-Message-Number: 6255 From: John de Rivaz <> Newsgroups: bc.politics,sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Limiting the freedom of harmless minority interests Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 09:48:06 +0100 Message-ID: <> References: <> <4nmdmr$> In article: <4nmdmr$> (Brad Templeton) writes: > > Don't be too sure that it's just BC. Lots of jurisdictions enact laws > to forbid the selling of things related to medicine that are considered > "quack", improperly represented, dangerous or even plain uncertain. > > And there are lots of people out there who think Crynonics is quack, > improperly represented and uncertain. > > I have no idea why BC made such a law but people should find out. > I suspect all it takes is one complaint from an heir who thinks he or she > was cheated out of $50K by some "quack cryonics scheme" to get these sorts > of laws passed if they fight hard enough. I am sure you are right, but personally I think it is obscene that someone can be cheated out of a chance of life, however small, just because someone wants to inherit their money. All surgery is a gamble: would such beneficiaries deny their potential benefcators a chance of life though a conventional operation? Would they deny them the use of their potential inheritance to spend on comforts to make their last days less miserable? An inheritance is only a legitimate transaction if freely given by contract, eg a will or trust. Otherwise it is extortion in fact, whether legal or not. I consider it to be obscene that anyone has a "right" to anyone else's money, alive or dead, unless that right is provided by a contract that both parties have entered into. (EG A has a right to be paid if B has provided goods or services.) The only exception I can see is for damages such as in a road accident, but even that is covered by compulsory insurance. -- Sincerely, **************************************** * Publisher of Longevity Report * John de Rivaz * Fractal Report * * details on request * **************************************** In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR Fast loading, very few slow pictures Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6255