I've always been tought that life is the most precious and priceless of things on this earth. And I hold it in that respect. However recently certain politicians seemed to have changed the exchange rate to 1 human life = 1 barrel of crude oil (thx to George Bush an Tony Blair)
or 10 human lives equal 1 Hezbollah missile (many thanks to Ehud Olmert)
Which makes one wonder what exactly is Life still worth to you?
2006-08-07 06:57:22 · 20 answers · asked by peter gunn 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
just to specify
I do not hate jews(some of my best friends are Jewish)
I am disgusted with anything Israeli mainly thanks to ever so humane ways of handling conflicts
2006-08-07 07:17:04 · update #1
Well, in Viet Nam, an American life was apparently worth 5 barrels of oil and 1000 cuft of natural gas. A Viet Namise life was worth 1 barrel of oil and enough natural gas to fill your lighter. The life of a NVA Regular was worth the price of a single 7.62 round. The value of life in IRAQ is still being computed, but it's going to be rather cheap.
2006-08-07 07:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are some of you wittering on about the preciousness of life? Life. i.e. human life, is one commodity of which we have a super-abundance, a 3 or 4 billion surplus, which needs a radical cull. Do you simply not realise, or understand, that global warming is mainly caused by too many people causing too much pollution? When all the catastrophes commence in force blame your blindness.
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2006-08-07 09:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by d.perrot@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The elements that make up a human being are worth about £5 all told.
What an individual life is worth, is something that varies from person to person, just take Mother Theresa and compare her to Hitler. How would you value each of them? I'm pretty sure it won't be equally.
2006-08-07 07:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by nkellingley@btinternet.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would highly doubt GB would value it at one barrel....one barrel is not worth that much.
I would say an American life is worth about 175,000....as an adult, and about 500,00 as a child, and about 50,000 as an elderly person. Calculated to barrel/life exchange I would say about 2350 barrels of crude for one adult, 6650 for a kid, and about 665 for an elderly person, assuming 75 a barrel.
Not all life is precious. The life of a fetus (Latin for baby) is worth nothing to a liberal, the life of a Jew nothing to anti-Semitic idiots like you. If you are going to slander GW and Blair, at least get your ratios straight. What you are saying is that GW and Blair equate one days worth of oil production as more than the entire global population. I mean, the human race is worth at least a week of production...maybe a month, if we take Jew haters like you out of the calculation.
2006-08-07 07:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If everyone on this earth is equal, which I definately beleive in. A human life is worth a lot, and everyone has their rights. So people getting killed isn't going to make anything better
2006-08-07 07:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Wolf guy lupine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere from $1 to 100 billion dollars.
2006-08-07 07:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by ZACHARIA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to say it gd to see there is some good people around, just dont be influenced by the bad un's! I doubt id ever have children the worlds going downhill quick.
2006-08-07 07:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by tunachunks199 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life means a lot to me. You also forgot to mention for every Israeli that dies 10 Lebanese have to die
2006-08-07 07:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by SOMEGUY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you life is to precious there is no amount in the world that can buy a life, well should I say there should'nt be.
2006-08-07 07:06:53 · answer #9 · answered by Osh Aka Oisinmagic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is worth defending.
2006-08-07 07:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by whydothedumboutnumberthesmart? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋