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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by bashinator on Friday November 11, 2016 @03:48PM (#12934200)
I agree, but I also think that there are circumstances where some humans are not/are no longer people. Encephalitic fetuses, accident victims with zero higher brain function, etc.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by paxcoder on Monday November 14, 2016 @12:28PM (#12951482)
I think you were thinking of anencephaly. But I disagree. Likewise for the comatose. Ask the guy pronounced brain dead by four doctors.
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