I just wonder if and why people rank the importance of others lives?

it seems, our culture especially reveres some lost lives more than others and Im just curious as to why?

how many were killed in a theater watching a movie ? did they go there with a reasonable belief that they were risking their lives?

how many go into the line of duty and get killed? do they go in with a reasonable belief they are risking their lives?

how do we decide whose death should cause uproar and whose death is just all in a days news?

dont all those people who die untimely deaths(Whether in a theater or a consulate) have people who will love and miss them?

i don't understand it either.
amanda todd gets tons of coverage,
yet there are plenty of other people who kill themselves all the time.
i honestly don't care to hear any of it.

"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic" - Joseph Stalin

Character is how you treat people who can do nothing for you

nice one

I don't rank importance of lives, I feel each human has an unique perspective to give to the collective known as society.

I have more reasonable belief I'd lose my life driving to the theater than I do watching a movie.

When you serve, you know you might be in a risky situation but are buoyed by the belief it won't happen.

I believe all deaths are just a normal person's death...so what if they are rich and famous, everybody dies. Murders should always cause an uproar as well as our troops...admittedly I am prejudiced about the troops being killed having been there and nearly done that.

My brother (kid) died when he was only 39 and I still miss him 10 years later. Now I root for the GB Packers, his favorite team, in memory.

These are just my answers, some may agree and some may not. Whatever.

No Man Is An Island

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.


John Donne

I can never express it as well as he did.

sorry about your brother, its kewl how you use sports to remember him though,,,

The value of something usually goes up according to scarcity. The death of a panda or Siberian tiger is considered horrible, because there are so few of them left. I was actually a little sad when I heard the black rhino became extinct.

There are over 7 billion human beings on this planet, Stalin's million doesn't even add up to a percent, so the value of a single human really doesn't amount to a drop in the bucket (that includes myself). Human beings are the earth's largest natural resource, and quite easily replaced, so what is their real value? For those that believe all human life is precious, I ask, "Was Hitler's life 'precious?' What of Stalin (who exterminated over 20 million)? Bin Laden? Charlie Manson?" If even one isn't "precious," then none are.


(I know, that's cold and heartless, but it's just looking at the matter from a different perspective.)

charles manson is still alive.

I have asked that same question many times.If anybody figures that oe out? I would like to know.
Every body is valuble and someones kid.

All life is valuable including humans, animals plants and the ones that most people think are not alive.

It's not cold and heartless, it's realistic and honest....It's not the death or dying that matters, it's how the death or dying is treated by those surviving that matters...To exploit ANY PERSON'S death for ANY reason is wrong....

That's because life itself is a miracle.

Mother earth is an entity unto herself.

We don't.

They do.

I think that most people use someone's death in the hopes that it will help others. For instance....if someone commits suicide then maybe that family uses that person's death to create more awarness for prevention. Least, that is what I would hope.

The media will never dictate who and when I grieve a death. The daily deaths that touch me the most are the children dying in war torn countries or starving to death daily. The media forget about them, they are not newsworthy. Media is money orientated.

Money is the root of all evil.

Profit is more important than people to some people.

There are those among us that will justify any set of circumstances no matter what.

All wars are economic.

Millions of poor people are needed to sustain the minority rich.

Empires have an enormous appetite......

We are a sick society.

love of money,,,,when it outweighs love of human life,,,,,

is a recipe for inhumanity disguised as freedom and democracy,,