From: JDP (jacques@dtext.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 09:04:30 MDT
Brett Paatsch a écrit (24.7.2003/23:12) :
> I'd not realised the restrictions on free speach went so
> far in France. By "condemned" do you mean that it is
> actually illegal or just politically incorrect?
Actually illegal.
You know, it's really like in a family. Someone says something, and
the mother says: "Don't say that!"
I am sure it was common in the ancestral tribe, too.
See how Damien recently reacted to a suggestion by Robert :-)
> If I was going to try and resolve a similar legal
> problem with cryonics in Australia I'd look to the
> civil libertarian organisations as natural allies.
I do not know of the existence of such an organization here. I know
some that supposedly care about freedom of speech, or privacy rights,
or consumers rights, or minorities rights, but I don't know any that
generally cares about individual liberties, in a way that might extend
to cryonics.
You have those that defend the liberty to have babies at all costs,
that sort of things. But I don't think their charter will extend to
cryonics.
I will contact a few organizations who are libertarian-oriented, as
they might be the most receptive. I will get them to read the article
by David Nicholas about immortality (that I have translated and
published at <http://dtext.com/transition/nicholas/nicholas1.html>)
and see if they are interested to do something before the Conseil
d'Etat gives its decision.
Thanks for your input.
Jacques
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