Yes, but the legal definition can change. Maybe by, like, a debate about the issue, or something.

I don't think the legal definition is what's specifically being debated.

@tony007
Why not?

Yes. The point is they didn't want anyone to starve or be slaughtered, so they chose a compromise that no one really liked, but didn't do those things.

The leverage they had was effective because nobody wanted to keep fighting. The Unsullied would have likely lost any conflict that came of that, but nobody wanted to start that fight in the first place, so they compromised with Jon.

It was portrayed pretty literalistically, but maybe.

Gery Worm's military strength and position is what gave him that leverage.

1. I meant that it makes your statement sound more authoritative.
2. We're probably also more similar physically than either of us are to a fetus.

That could be, it just seems to add an artificial authority to it, I think. Maybe using "physically" would have been better.

Seems like a weaselly phrase, do you really need the word "biologically" in there? What does it add to the phrase?

What does "biologically distinct" mean?

I don't think we'll ever get to that point unless everyone recognizes it as murder. It's a philosophical question with no definitive answer right now.