X-Message-Number: 9877 Subject: Re: Boston Globe Article on Cryonics Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 11:52:46 -0500 From: Will Dye <> In CryoNet message #9855, Scott Badger () writes: > BTW, I expressed my lack of enthusiasm for the author's reporting style > via direct e-mail, and encourage others to as well. Um... I had already written a *compimentary* letter to him. The article struck me as a reasonably successful attempt at mild comedy -- the sort of bemused, irreverent outlook that is not uncommon among article writers. It didn't make me laugh out loud or anything, but the imagery of twenty-five revived white male technoid Californians surrounding Kennita Watson with flowers and candy did strike me as amusing. Maybe Ms. Watson would disagree. :-) Yes, yes, the post-revival world won't really happen that way; but I don't think that anyone, including the author, saw this as a list of serious problems to be addressed. It was just a joke. Scott, did you think that the article was unfair, or that it might discourage someone from signing up? Maybe I'm too lighthearted, but I really didn't see anything offensive in it. --Will +---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+ | William L. Dye | I'd never make it in Silicon Vally: I do not overuse | | | the word "actually", and I'm allergic to HYPE. :-) | +---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9877