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A Classical SuperHumanist cryonicsx blog by "PhilOssifur" [Summer 2007]
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Monday, August 6, 2007

I'm not sure the decision to pull C81 plug was right.

Aside from the cryonics aspect, there is an issue involved in C81 that hasn't been examined-- the plug was pulled by family members-- and I'm not sure this is ethical. Only 1/5 of C81's brain was affected and here's a voice box for people on ventilators. {+] We should look at the "real" costs associated with a simply ventilator and voice box-- I don't quite understand what the dying process involved here. Apparently lots of medics have problems with pulling the plug taking people off ventilators. Why is that? And the people you take ventilation away from don't neccessarily die. C81 didn't die for an hour! In cryonics, we're going to have to examine all these things in close up detail-- So far in the industry, we've been dominated by "privateers" who make sure that we don't see what really goes on-- because, they say, it's "personal". I'll say-- when you are the cause of someone dying-- yeah-- I can see why you'd want to keep that "personal". The lack of a living will-- and the lack of a mention of a living will-- is a concern to me. And I don't think the "personal" defense works too good.... at least not for me.

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