RE: [wta-talk] life extension activism for the coming week; a small thing you can do to help

From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Sat Mar 08 2003 - 21:36:16 MST

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    Those truncated links are:

    http://www.christopherreeve.org/Research/ResearchList.cfm?c=23

    http://www.christopherreeve.org/hopenetwork/hopenetwork.cfm?ID=388&c=53

    http://www.christopherreeve.org/hopenetwork/hopenetwork.cfm?ID=411&c=53m

    That's what I get for cutting and pasting from forum posts :)

    Reason
    http://www.exratio.com/

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Reason [mailto:reason@exratio.com]
    > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:47 PM
    > To: wta-talk@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [wta-talk] life extension activism for the coming week; a small
    > thing you can do to help
    >
    >
    > What's up for this week? Christopher Reeve -- an influential and wealthy
    > advocate for medical research in the past -- has been speaking
    > out recently
    > against government legislation to criminalize research. He has spoken out
    > against the bioethics council. In short, he is absolutely in our team, on
    > our side of the field -- and probably one of the best-positioned people to
    > actually make a difference.
    >
    > Have a look at this article:
    >
    > http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20893.html
    >
    > and position statements:
    >
    > http://www.christopherreeve.org/Research/R...chList.cfm?c=23
    > http://www.christopherreeve.org/hopenetwor...cfm?ID=388&c=53ti
    >
    > and more explanations on theraputic cloning:
    >
    > http://www.christopherreeve.org/hopenetwor...cfm?ID=411&c=53pr
    >
    > What can we do to help? Well, we can encourage him for one. Tell him we're
    > rooting for him; let him know that large numbers of people support his
    > statements and stance. I urge you to read the article, and compose a short
    > note to submit here:
    >
    > http://www.christopherreeve.org/feedback/feedback.cfm
    >
    > Ideal notes congratulate Christopher Reeve and his staff on their
    > increasingly vocal support for stem cell research and let him know that we
    > support his position (and wish we could have as much influence,
    > damnit...well ok, maybe not that last part). Here's a sample (BUT
    > DON'T CUT
    > AND PASTE! WRITE YOUR OWN!)
    >
    > --------
    >
    > Dear Sirs,
    >
    > We were most impressed with Christopher Reeve's recent statements
    > at the MIT
    > and Harvard Hippocratic Societies' joint 2003 Conference on
    > Neuroscience. It
    > is very gratifying to see an advocate of his influence speaking
    > out against
    > the dangerous, cruel legislation and positions of the current US
    > administration and the President's Council on Bioethics. There a
    > great many
    > people who share your views, but not your ability to speak and be
    > heard, in
    > the wider community. Everyone's future health will be hurt -- and hurt
    > badly -- by future anti-research, anti-science legislation in
    > medicine. More
    > needs to be done to combat this trend.
    >
    > We salute you for taking this stance and speaking up: please
    > continue to do
    > so.
    >
    > Reason
    > Founder, Longevity Meme
    > reason@longevitymeme.org
    > http://www.longevitymeme.org/
    >
    > --------
    >
    > As a last note, if anyone knows any journalists or influential bloggers,
    > this story needs wider exposure. Prod them, point them in the direction,
    > point out the excellent newsworthiness of this article --
    > ex-superman star,
    > criticizing government, stem cells, the works! A bunch of hot topics all
    > rolled into one. See if we can get this picked up further afield.
    >
    > Reason
    > Founder, Longevity Meme
    > reason@longevitymeme.org
    > http://www.longevitymeme.org/
    >
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