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To: thoughtomator
She STILL lives...

Define "lives".

375 posted on 03/31/2005 3:39:10 AM PST by JoeGar
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To: JoeGar

She breathes on her own, her heart beats on its own.


376 posted on 03/31/2005 3:50:03 AM PST by thoughtomator (Order "Judges Gone Wild!" Only $19.95 have your credit card handy!)
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To: JoeGar
Define "lives"

Would you harvest her organs?

If the answer is no, she's alive.

378 posted on 03/31/2005 3:58:09 AM PST by Jim Noble (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: JoeGar
"Lives" is a condition, not a quality. Once we define "living" with "quality of life" like something you find in a travel brochure, the essence of existence becomes a matter of opinion (is this person really "living" under these conditions? Let's take a poll and figure out when life becomes "unlivable") instead of a matter of fact (a quadriplegic has a tragic, dependent existence, but they still live).
382 posted on 03/31/2005 5:13:30 AM PST by Rutles4Ever
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