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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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