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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>RMB wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>RMT's argument for brain stem death is based on the brain stem being
the<BR>source of the signals that cause heartbeat.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>CM notes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I am not sure that is correct. I strongly suspect that
RMT is aware that the heart has an internal pace maker and that it (so far as I
understand) does not require ANY signal form the brain stem to continue beating.
Not withstanding, the brain/brain stem does have a role in modifying the heart
rate for numerous conditions - but not for the most basic function, to keep
it beating. I thought RMT's reasoning was based on virtual
decapitation. Your logic implies that even real decapitation is only a cause of
death because it leads to cessation of heart activity, and not as an independent
cause of death in its own right. Does RMT give your logic explicitly
somewhere?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Kol Tuv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Chaim Manaster</FONT></DIV>
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