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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  %  ~ ~  ~  ~ ...:~/=%##
###%=/~:..                                          ..:~/=%###
####%=/~:. - 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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