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..........              ~~¤  LIFE  ¤~~              ..........
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.........: ~  ~ ¤ A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS  ¤ ~ ~ :.........
........:~ ~   ¤    DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   ¤   ~ ~:........
.......:~/ ¤     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     ¤ /~:.......
......:~/* ~   ¤   WHAT   WE    ARE,   AND    ¤   ~ */~:......
.....:~/*¤ ~  ~  ¤  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  ¤  ~  ~ ¤*/~:.....
....:~/*¤¤ ~   ¤    ARE",   BUT   THEN   WE   ¤   ~ ¤¤*/~:....
...:~/*¤¤# ¤    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    ¤ #¤¤*/~:...
..:~/*¤¤#@ ~  ¤  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  ¤  ~ @#¤¤*/~:..
.:~/*¤¤#@# ~  ~  ¤  ENTAILS, HOW  IT SHOULD ¤  ~  ~ #@#¤¤*/~:.
..:~/*¤¤#@ ~   ¤   BE   MEASURED,   WHO   OR  ¤   ~ @#¤¤*/~:..
...:~/*¤¤# ¤    WHAT     IS    THE    ARBITER,    ¤ #¤¤*/~:...
....:~/*¤¤ ~   ¤   AND  SO   INSTEAD   THERE   ¤  ~ ¤¤*/~:....
.....:~/*¤ ~   ~    ¤   IS   THIS   INTERNATIONALLY ¤*/~:.....
......:~/* SANCTIONED      LIST     ¤      ~      ~ */~:......
.......:~/ ~ ~  ~  ~  ¤  OF CRITERIA  ¤  ~  ~  ~  ~ /~:.......
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.........: - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      :.........
.......... - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ..........
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