un: xspire

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At what point does something get the right to be called a person? What do they need to do to deserve that?

Has anyone ever thought about it?

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Someone who doesn't want to be a person doesn't have to be one. They can choose to give it up.

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Fair enough, I suppose.

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Someone who gives up being a person isn't in a position to think about regretting it. If they haven't yet, maybe they don't dislike being a person as much as they say they do.

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And if they regret deciding they're not a person, do they become a person again? Can you go back and forth like that?

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Maybe. If you give up your soul to stop being a person, you may not be able to get it back.

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So you agree that souls are what make people people? Or is that irrelevant to the situation?

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Not everyone has a soul, but for some people having a soul is what makes them a person. If they give up the soul, they stop being a person.

But if they give it up, maybe they could become a new kind of person. I have not thought about this before. I don't interact with non-persons much.

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Well today is your lucky day! Seems there's a lot of non-persons running around and you can find out who they are.

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You're one of these non-persons I'm guessing?