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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So much for “freedom.” If we do not own our own lives can we truly be said to be free?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">Jason Resch via extropy-chat</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, April 3, 2021 1:48 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:jasonresch@gmail.com">Jason Resch</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ExI] Cryonics Dilemma</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>There was a guy in the US in this exact situation a few years ago if I recall correctly his wish to be frozen before his brain deteriorated was denied by a court.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jason</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 12:33 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:25 AM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 03:09, Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm afraid of this, more than anything. Not just for the obvious reasons you point out (losing your brain before it can get on ice), but for the horrible fact that getting on ice Sonner (effectively committing suicide), is against the law!!! That is just sooooo evil. How do we get that changed?</p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There are some countries and US states that allow euthanasia. How does that work with cryonics?</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That is true. I believe it has recently been made legal in Washington state, for example.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>