X-Message-Number: 7290 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:51:03 -0800 From: (Olaf Henny) Subject: An Idle Observation When the Timothy Leary debate was at its height, my IAP listed approx. 120 to 130 postings. When the debate had abated, I remember seeing at one time as few as 39 postings. Now that the contributions to the 'debates' have lost much of their acrimony, I count over 250 postings. All of this is of course also subject to my provider's retention period on, which I did not monitor, but I also seem to detect a similar pattern in the activity on CryoNet. My conclusion from all this is , that civilised, debate, even if not always very constructive, is a whole lot 'healthier' for cryonics than 'ad hominem' attacks, and believe me health *is* important for growth. So let's keep it this way. **************************************************************************** Greed is a very positive motivating force. Without it (the desire to possess) man would still not have captured the fire, and would probably still be swinging from the trees in some of the warmer regions of this globe. **************************************************************************** Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7290