David_Gerard comments on Should criminals be denied cryonics? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 23 December 2010 01:41:58PM *  10 points [-]

If you don't mind going dark side, explicitly forbidding cryonics to death row prisoners would make it seem more like something non-prisoners should consider a right to buy.

Edit: I'm slightly perturbed by how many upvotes this awful idea is getting. That's not a request for downvotes, but a request for why you upvoted.

Comment author: ciphergoth 04 January 2011 08:50:18AM 2 points [-]

I didn't upvote, but I hope people are saying that it's an accurate and amusingly cynical observation about the perversity of human nature, rather than "great, let's do that!"

Comment author: wedrifid 04 January 2011 10:29:56AM *  0 points [-]

I'm slightly perturbed by how many upvotes this awful idea is getting.

For my part I said pretty much the same thing.

Observation about persuasion tactics is not the same as advocation! :)

Comment author: Raemon 24 December 2010 08:08:25PM 0 points [-]

I didn't upvote it, but I might have just because it was funny.