X-Message-Number: 771
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 92 13:35:43 -0500
From:  (Steve Jackson)
Subject: Re:  cryonics: #764 - #766

I sympathize with Michael Paulle's anger and disappointment about Dr.
Feinberg's decision to die. But in his Anger Michael has made proposals
which must not be allowed to stand.
   "We must find a way to stop the Gerald Feinbergs of the world from
leaving us, even if it is their fondest wish to do so."
   Wrong! Nobody has the right to freeze someone against their will.
Period. We demand that society recognize our right to choose to live,
and we must recognize that others have a right to choose not to.
   Similarly, the well-meaning suggestion to publish the names of those
who begin the signup process, so that others can harass them into 
finishing, is thoroughly unacceptable. This would be a gross invasion of
privacy - and Michael, surely you realize that from a practical standpoint
it would discourage signups. I would never have started the signup process
if I'd believed that I'd get weekly calls from cryo-Moonies nudging me
along . . . 
Respect individual liberty even when it makes stupid decisions.

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