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