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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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