On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, ihope wrote: >> Also, is there precedent to the effect that parts of an organism are >> not themselves organisms? Assuming not, I register, futile as this >> attempt may be. (Note that I am Ivan Hope CXXVII's left hand, and I >> typed this paragraph by myself. Please don't prosecute him for any >> rules I may be breaking here, as I'm the culprit, not him.) > > root, didn't you base some argument on the fact that your keyboard > was sending the message, not you? Can't remember if it was actual > CFJ or just random discussion. -Goethe
Yes, CFJ 1685. This is essentially the same scenario. The fact that Ivan Hope CXXVII's left hand is of a biological nature, whereas my former keyboard is not is not relevant, as "biological" was not a requirement on personhood at that time. -root
