Originally Posted by aklim

What did you kill when you removed the tumor? A ball of tissue. It is live tissue but I wouldn't call it a person or being.

Pre-human, for want of a better term is NOT a live human any more than that pile of parts is a car nor can call it such.

There is more than brain activity. Pupillary response is another. There is a list if you really want to get technical about it. A lack of pulse has not been the gold standard for a long time. It is an indicator but not THE only one. We can keep you "alive" by the pulse standard, keep your body running, etc, etc. So theoretically, could I not destroy your brain enough and keep you "alive" and not say you were murdered? After all, your heart is beating and your systems can be fed and kept running and therefore, I call it a bunch of live tissue and you call it still being "alive".