From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Do you all jump to conclusions, or is it just for me?
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 13:13:39 -0700

>
> A lump of meat, sitting on your plate about to be eaten, has an astral
> presence. But it does not have an aura, and not in the same sense that a
> human or troll has an aura. A vat of flesh genetically engineered and
> biologically viable has an astral presence, but it has no consciousness,
no
> "life" and so it has no active aura. This, if you read enough of FASA,
> especially Awakenings and the Corp Sec Handbook, becomes apparent.
>

This one jumped out at me. How exactly would this differ from a plant?
The first thought that comes to mind is that vat grown flesh is just a
chunk of unassociated "meat" forced to grow through a complex chemical
process, rather than having any life associated with it. Just wanted to
make it a bit clear in my head, I guess.