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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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