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,......... =   ¤   what   we   are,    and   ¤    = .........,
.......... =  =  ¤  what  things  like  us  ¤  =  = ..........
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.......... ¤    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 ......,==^
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¤¤^==,.... =  = =  =  ¤  of criteria  ¤  =  =  =  = ....,==^¤¤
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¤¤^==,.... - life can be cursed                     ....,==^¤¤
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