On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:32:15 -0400, Gary Coffman
wrote:

The Founders, and most people throughout history, had the same notion
of what a person is that many rational people hold today. A person is a
biological entity capable of sustaining life on its own without the biological
necessity of being parasitic on a host. In other words, a person becomes
a person, registerable by the taxing authorities, when it draws its first
independent breath.

Turn a 2 yr old loose in the open, give it no help and lets see if it
survives on its own.

Interesting definition though. Work that one up yourself?

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's
cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays
there.
- George Orwell