In a message dated 10/14/00 10:04:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
spike66@ibm.net writes:
> What exactly *are* our rights, if we get some disease that will turn our
> brains to shit before we breathe our last?
Outside of Oregon, to die as painlessly as possible, but not "before your
time".
> Two good examples would
> be emphysema and Alzheimers. Is there a state that will let us go into
> cryo-suspension before too much damage is done?
No.
> Can we pull that
> cryonics-as-religion gag in order to get some anti-hate-crime special
> rights?
It would cost a lot and a defeat after a lengthy court battle would be
disaterous to the cryonics movement.
> I dont see why at least *one* of the 50 state legistatures would
> not grok what we are trying to do.
Because they're run by politicians who can't take chances.
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