Re: [s-d] [s-b] I'll make my own faction then

[Eugene Meidinger <eugman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ceci n'est pas une pipe



On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 13:53 -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On 7/30/07, Aaron Coquet <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 7/30/07, Antonio Dolcetta <antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > this one fails because the sheets cannot pass a membership test.
> > > I suppose the sheets are inanimate and not actually sentient.
> > > unless your ream of paper. 8.5" x 11", 28 lb white laser printer paper,
> > > produced by hammermill, was in fact some sort of mysterious alien being
> > > camouflaged as a ream of paper...
> 
> >     * Be capable of thought as an individual. [[I.E. No Borg or Group
> > consciousnesses.]]
> > "I do this of my own free will".
> 
> Are you asserting that a piece of paper is sentient if it has "I am
> sentient" written on it? Or are you asserting that a piece of paper is
> sentient if somebody sends an email saying "I am sentient. Signed,
> Paper"?
> 
> Neither is likely to hold up in court.
> 

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