Re: ethical problem? Some kind of problem, anyway...

From: Jocelyn Brown (jocelynb@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Apr 19 1999 - 09:27:44 MDT


>Can you always commit suicide? If you've been awakened by an evil future
>government that wants to do evil things with the smart brains of the
>people who were smart enough to get themselves cryonically suspended,
>you're not going to get an off button I'd think. Future governments
>might indeed find a use for good working minds in "corpses" (ie:
>redefining corpsicles as dead, so not accorded the rights of the
>living). You know governments...
>
>Emlyn

If you die and you are not suspended, you can _never_ be returned to life.
If you awake in some fantasically horrible evil awful situation, but you
_remain_ alive, there is always a chance, no matter how small, that you can
get out of it.

Jocelyn Brown
jocelynb@mindspring.com

GCA d- s: a- C++ U--- P--- L-- W+ N w+ M- PS+++ PE+++ Y+ t--- 5++ X+ R+ tv+
b++ DI++ D+ G e+ h- r+++ x+++++



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