From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Oct 11 1999 - 14:45:26 MDT
From: M. E. Smith <mesmith@rocketmail.com>
>"I am in Alabama"
>
>which uses the "to exist" sense of the verb "to be",
>must be replaced by something like:
>
>"My body currently exists within the borders of the
>geographical entity known as Alabama."
NP, just say, "I live in Alabama" or "this message comes to you from
Alabama."
The "is of existence" has its problems too, especially when one considers
the eventuality of uploading. After uploading, where one lives and works and
thinks does not necessarily equate to where one has one's carbon-based body
or structure of origination.
Cheers,
--J. R. Molloy
http://www.shasta.com/jr
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