I believe a life is worth more than a 17 cent bullet.
I believe a life is worth more than a $50 bill.
I believe a life is worth more than a long-kept secret.
I believe a life is worth more than a bad boy image.
I believe a life is worth more than a swayed election.
I believe a life is worth more than family pride.
I believe a life is worth more than oil.
I believe a life is worth more than major medical insurance.
I believe a life is worth more than the colour of your skin.
I believe a life is worth more than 3 minutes of media coverage.
I believe a life is worth so much more than the value we've given it.

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sigh, again with the stamps
i dunno, they're a quick way of expressing my opinion..which i always insist on doing..ah well

anyway, i'll explain every line and the meaning it held for me

-"I believe a life is worth more than a 17 cent bullet."
no one in the world has not yet heard of the columbine killings. many (or most) of the bullets the young men used to kill and injure students and teachers were sold to them from k-mart for a mere 17 cents. wow...you could be starving to death on the streets..and still afford a bullet..i'm amazed, really.

-"I believe a life is worth more than a $50 bill."
a man shot then robbed..for a mere $50 [link] that's fucking disgusting, and it's not the first time, it's happened plenty..it makes you wonder just what people are worth these days when someone could kill another person for a mere $50..that's enough to buy you a plain pair of jeans..i'm simply amazed

-"I believe a life is worth more than a long-kept secret."
okay so this story was brought to my attention by a woman is being charged for killing 3 of her babies and stuffing them in a freezer (who are thought to have been kept there since the 1980s) [link] ...you've got to be shitting me..holy christ

-"I believe a life is worth more than a bad boy image."
okay i want everyone who hasn't heard of the anita cobby murder to read this [link] personally i'm amazed when i hear people haven't heard of it. this poor woman was gang raped on her way home, she was then tortured (i'm not sure how correct this is but it's been said that they went far enough as to stick glass bottles up her body then crush them by stomping on her stomach while she was still alive), one of the rapists then slit her throat and..well..when her body was tested later on there was semen found within the wound. the killer then went back to the group (he killed her alone) and showed off the knife and his pride because what he had done.

-"I believe a life is worth more than a swayed election."
most of us know bob marley. you know the whole attempted assassination thing? "His concert was scheduled for December 5 after a presidential candidate’s election rally, a presidential candidate who happened to be at odds with the US. Some people believe that the assassination attempt was executed by the US government, for fear that Marley’s performance would sway the vote. Despite receiving two gun shot wounds, Bob Marley performed anyway and then left for the UK." guy's an effing legend

-"I believe a life is worth more than family pride."
two words - honour killing

-"I believe a life is worth more than oil."
iraqi war

-"I believe a life is worth more than major medical insurance."
the american medical system sucks..seriously. i live in australia so most things are more or less peachy but over there it seems if you dont have the money, you're left to die and that's simply appalling

-"I believe a life is worth more than the colour of your skin."
ever heard of the KKK?

-"I believe a life is worth more than 3 minutes of media coverage."
that's all it is, 3 minutes of publicity to get more viewers with a gory/depressing story, it's pathetic

...anyway that's my ramble.. i