Re: life vs. non-life

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 23:38:12 MST


On Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:53 PM denis bider denis.bider@globera.com
wrote:
> Anyway. To put it loosely, and not necessarily with direct relevance to
the
> question raised above: it seems to me we people don't really mind whether
> something is alive or not, we just think we do. We complain against cruel
> treatment of animals; yet when we come to a restaurant, we order a steak.
> Made in Slaughterhouse(TM).

It's also nice how you use "we" here. Who is this "we" you speak for?

One reason I bring this up is that I'm a vegetarian.:)

Also, before going on, why don't _you_ at least ask for a definition of
life?

Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
    Film recommendation: "The Color of Paradise."



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