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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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