Dr. Fink; I am disappointed by the somewhat insulting tone of your note. First of all you seem to have trouble distinguishing the difference between inanimate matter and living things. Second, my note was not meant justify murder but rather point out in a philosophical way the destiny of living things as opposed to the fate of molecules organic or otherwise. So perhaps it would behoove you to provide an accurate definition of life, death and murder of many different types of living things. One other question: What is cell division? My original note was intended to have dialogue on living things, instead you chose the most narrow view one could take. K. F. Etzold cg Carline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn