We say life doesn’t matter . . .

• If we don’t wear a seat belt.
• When we neglect our health.
• If we step in front of a moving car in a parking lot, trusting the distracted stranger behind the wheel not to run over us.
• When we drive while distracted.
• When our culture produces murder belts and kill zones.
• If we like for our entertainment to emphasize violence.
• When we take unnecessary physical risks.
• If we attempt to justify suicide.
• When we call the civilians killed by our bombs collateral damage.
• If we drive drunk (or let someone else drive drunk).
• When we shoot to kill.
• If we drive recklessly.
• If we incite violence.
• When we ignore safety protocols.
• When we ignore people’s pain.
• If we engage in road rage.
• If we are careless with drugs and risk an overdose.
• When we hate a fellow human being.
• If we bully someone into assaulting us and then claim we killed him in self-defense.
• When we celebrate the victims of war instead of grieving for them.
• If we smoke.
• When people proven to be innocent are kept on death row.
• When the most innocent of all are killed in the womb.
• If we ignore a dangerous situation to try to take a selfie.
• When we see public health measures as a ridiculous nuisance.
• When we justify and/or ignore the cruelty in our nation’s history.