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From: wine@homxa.UUCP (J.GORDON)
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Subject: Re: \"Words mean what I pay them to mean . . .\"
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 10:37:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 10:37:29 1985
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There seems to be a debate going on about the meaning of the word
'alive.'  Thomas Newton seems to think the term is well defined.
Well, Thomas, is a cancer cell alive?  Is a kidney alive -- can I
choose to transplant my kidney, or do I have to ask it's permission?
Personally I think that a fetus qualifies as alive, as does a cancer
cell, but I think that the carrier of either has the right to remove
it.  The concept of 'alive' is not so well defined as some think!

            Jim Gordon, Jr. (JR, not SR as has sometimes been reported)