Re: cryonics sources: a third alternative

From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Jun 22 2000 - 04:17:56 MDT


Randy Smith writes:

> >Ideally, there should be no arrest.
>
> But since we have all these religious types telling everyone what to do, we
> can't legally do that, can we?
> Just another way the religion of the majority invades the lives of
> everyone...

Well, euthanasia is de facto standard in clinical practice of hopeless
cases, and if the medpersons cooperate they can leave the patient on
the ventilator et al. after death has been pronounced.

Of cource, there are hospices, dying in a home setting etc. Where
there's a will, there's a way.



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