I wouldn’t have brought the subject up at all (in response to this particular piece of news), if I wanted to avoid offense. Cryonics is a heavily politicized issue. By mentioning it at all, you’re doing the equivalent of starting a debate about libertarianism in the middle of a funeral.
Of course, avoiding the issue might kill people. Just remember that killing people quietly is generally less bothersome than yelling loudly, especially on the Internet.
I wouldn’t have brought the subject up at all (in response to this particular piece of news), if I wanted to avoid offense. Cryonics is a heavily politicized issue. By mentioning it at all, you’re doing the equivalent of starting a debate about libertarianism in the middle of a funeral.
Of course, avoiding the issue might kill people. Just remember that killing people quietly is generally less bothersome than yelling loudly, especially on the Internet.
I would actually analogize it to ‘criticizing Steve Jobs’s wacky dietary and medical choices during the national mourning’.
Then I shan’t avoid offense. It should still be indirectly minimized as to maximize message throughput.
It’s not particularly hard to start debates about libertarianism in places that are not the middle of a funeral. Let’s do that.