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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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