My dad was the only one with any non-mumbling answer to the suggestion. I told him I wanted him to live forever and he told me I was selfish. He said some things about overpopulation and global warming and universalizability and no proven results from the procedure.
Well, if it is any consolation, I have had zero success and a bunch of ridicule from all friends and family I mentioned the idea to.
I’ve had the “selfish, overpopulation and global warming” objection from my mother, and I then reminded her that (a) she had a fair amount of personal wealth and wasn’t remotely interested in spending any of it on third world charities, charities who try to reduce population or efficient ways to combat global warming and (b) she wasn’t in favor of killing people to reduce population. Of course, this had no effect.
Do you think it’s worthwhile to argue with him rationally on the details, or that if you make him understand his reasons aren’t valid he’ll just mumble “no” like the rest of your family?
Arguing with my dad is profoundly unpleasant, and he is extremely stubborn. I may send him links to websites, especially if I need his cooperation to involve my sister because she’s 16, but I don’t anticipate a good result from continuing to engage him directly (at least if I’m the one doing it: our relationship history is such that the odds of me convincing him of anything he’s presently strongly against approach nil, and prolonged attempts to do so end in tears.)
What do you perceive as the main barrier to their signing up?
My dad was the only one with any non-mumbling answer to the suggestion. I told him I wanted him to live forever and he told me I was selfish. He said some things about overpopulation and global warming and universalizability and no proven results from the procedure.
Well, if it is any consolation, I have had zero success and a bunch of ridicule from all friends and family I mentioned the idea to.
I’ve had the “selfish, overpopulation and global warming” objection from my mother, and I then reminded her that (a) she had a fair amount of personal wealth and wasn’t remotely interested in spending any of it on third world charities, charities who try to reduce population or efficient ways to combat global warming and (b) she wasn’t in favor of killing people to reduce population. Of course, this had no effect.
Do you think it’s worthwhile to argue with him rationally on the details, or that if you make him understand his reasons aren’t valid he’ll just mumble “no” like the rest of your family?
Arguing with my dad is profoundly unpleasant, and he is extremely stubborn. I may send him links to websites, especially if I need his cooperation to involve my sister because she’s 16, but I don’t anticipate a good result from continuing to engage him directly (at least if I’m the one doing it: our relationship history is such that the odds of me convincing him of anything he’s presently strongly against approach nil, and prolonged attempts to do so end in tears.)