X-Message-Number: 679 From: Kevin Q. Brown Subject: Re: Worldwide Bedford Freezing Celebration Date: 27 Mar 1992 Subject: CRYONICS Re: Worldwide Bedford Freezing Celebration With due respect to Michael Paulle, I was not quite satisfied with "Life Day" as the name for the annual celebration of the freezing of Dr. James Bedford. My first alternative was "BioStasis Day". That may sound good to those in-the-know but is likely to sound too technical / nerdish to have much popular appeal. Also, it's just a fancy way of saying "Anti-Death Day" and I think that the name should promote working toward something positive rather than avoiding something negative. So how about "Long Life Day" rather than just "Life Day" for the name of the April 4 holiday? That conveys even more strongly what cryonicists aim to achieve. It also is a universally understood and (almost) universally desired goal, so it should have a lot of popular appeal. (We just add our own twist to it!) Another benefit is that it avoids a problem with the name "Life Day", which could be confused as a cover for some "Anti-Abortion Day", which is an entirely different subject. Comments? Kevin Q. Brown UUCP ...att!whscad1!kqb INTERNET PS: I just heard from Michael, who suggested changing "Long Life Day" to "LongLife Day", a subtle distinction to help "connote that the suspension time is still a part of Life." Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=679