>The question (as I read it) is "does human life have more value than the freedoms afforded to us by constitutional decree?" I disagree with this formulation o

>The question (as I read it) is "does human life have more value than the freedoms afforded to us by constitutional decree?" I disagree with this formulation of the question. It isn't either or. For a lot of people, that "freedom afforded to us by constitutional degree" is what allows to protect the value of their own human life in the case of an immediate danger, as well as that of people close to them.