X-Message-Number: 6675 From: (William Theaux) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: BRITISH DESTRUCTION OF EMBRYOS - any Ref? Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 03:47:16 GMT Message-ID: <4u0ruj$> References: <4ttnlt$> <4tvn8c$> (Charles Platt) wrote: >William Theaux () wrote: >> Cells, embryo, organs or bodies? Do the same rules apply? >Cryonicists of course reject this outlook and hope to change it, but >clearly this type of fundamental change does not come easily, and I don't >think the cryonics movement is going to reap any benefits at all if >people cry, "Aha! You're dismayed by the idea of disposing of frozen >life! Well, then, that means you believe in cryonics!" >From an orthodox viewpoint I think there's no connection at all. I understand Platt's 'orthodox' point of view: frozen patients (& organs?) are not the same than embryos (alais 'human preface'). But I see it exagerated to say that "there's no connection at all". Especially when he refers to 'people' - for the Collective Psychology probably assume a certain connection between frozen embryos & frozen bodies. The British 'mass abortion' or whatever warns Cryonicists: in a close future, the many social changes to come may carry orders/laws which will endanger the stocks in conservation. Thus Cryonics enterprise must garanty its members with an application for social analysis (and/or collective reflexion/therapy). Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6675