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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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