[orionblamblam]

> Remind me what taxonomic kingdom are the viruses in?

None, so far as I know. Does that mean they aren't alive? How do you define "alive," anyway? Virii seem to match up to any practical definition, even though they are very, very simple compared to even the simplest bacteria.

[Antoninus]

None, so far as I know. Does that mean they aren't alive? How do you define "alive," anyway?

Ah, and there's the rub. Seems to me that biologists, by not assigning them to a taxonomic kingdom, have kind of answered that question, haven't they?