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From: viren@world2u.com (Viren Jain)
Subject: Re: ---<Definitions of consiousness>---
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On 12 Jan 1997 17:19:24 GMT, i3uddha@aol.com (I3uddha) wrote:

:Stephen said:
:>You can't kill a plant!
:
:You *can't* be serious!  Of *course* you can kill a plant.
:And it takes care to keep a plant alive, just as it would
:to keep a small animal alive that you kept in a cage.
:You have to give it food and water.
:Plants need a lot of sunlight and a little talking to.
:Humans need a lot of talking to and a little sunlight.
:Ask ANY PLANT EXPERT.  You can kill a plant.
:You are incorrect in your statement.  Period.
:Go to http://gardenweb.com and ask around.  You'll
:eventually see.
:
:-Bear

Have you been following this thread at all? Stephen has time and again
stated that plants are not alive, and if you disagree with the
statement 'you cannot kill a plant' then you should first debate
Stephen's first arguement [on which he bases the latter (above)] -
that plant's are not alive to begin with. You cannot remove a state of
living (kill) from something that is not in the state to begin with
(alive).

 -Viren Jain-
 -"The Robot Gods Are Coming This Way, and I want to Go With Them"-
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