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where_is_the_line

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Posted: 11-15-04 21:41pm

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is it just me, or does anyone else thing the term "the unborn" is really spooky? It just implies there's a lot of zombies waiting to inhabit bodies...Weird.


the term unborn refers to those human beings who are in existence, but have not yet left the womb.
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Posted: 11-16-04 06:33am

where_is_the_line wrote:
janetbee wrote:
is it just me, or does anyone else thing the term "the unborn" is really spooky? It just implies there's a lot of zombies waiting to inhabit bodies...Weird.


the term unborn refers to those human beings who are in existence, but have not yet left the womb.


that's the same as saying the "undead" are those who have left the womb but haven't entered the grave yet...I agree with janet -- it sort of suggests there's a big army of succubi waiting to be conceived...
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Posted: 11-16-04 08:12am

Anyone who is alive is not dead - the undead are those who have died and are dead but are manifested in some evil way to seem alive - the "undead" dont exist its fiction - unless you mean evil spirits! .
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Posted: 11-16-04 09:48am

Fyi: the "undead" usually refers to vampires.
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Posted: 11-16-04 12:16pm

"the "undead" usually refers to vampires"

like I said

"the undead are those who have died and are dead but are manifested in some evil way to seem alive"

like I said

"fiction"
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Posted: 11-16-04 14:02pm

Just because you don't believe in vampires, doesn't mean they don't exist.
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Posted: 11-16-04 17:15pm

Lmao, yes, lets now debate vampires please, lol
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Posted: 11-19-04 22:35pm

Let's not forget zombies and ghouls!!!Must be all inclusive-so as not to offend anyone! Wink patty
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Posted: 11-19-04 23:19pm

where_is_the_line wrote:
janetbee wrote:
is it just me, or does anyone else thing the term "the unborn" is really spooky? It just implies there's a lot of zombies waiting to inhabit bodies...Weird.

the term unborn refers to those human beings who are in existence, but have not yet left the womb.
so you would be a pre-dead corpse, as you merely haven't died yet, but can be charactarized by a descriptor that otherwise applies beyond your current developmental stage, just as you are suggesting that we do for the fetus.
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Posted: 11-20-04 08:06am

No! The word "corpse" implies death!
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Posted: 11-20-04 09:46am

Hmm, irony is a tough concept to grasp, I guess...
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Posted: 11-21-04 00:19am

Yes, I suppose you could refer to a living body as a pre-dead corpse, since all living bodies do seem to eventually come to an end. Ironically (?) a fetus is both pre-born and pre-dead...
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Posted: 11-21-04 13:20pm

izzy wrote:
no! The word "corpse" implies death!
just like the word "baby" implies post-birth. If you fudge one, you can fudge the other. So you are a pre-dead corpse per your own vocabulary.
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