If you break us down to our basic elements minus gold teth or artificial hips and what have you a human body is only worth about $16.00 on the open commodities market we are mostly as you know carbon and water neither are tradeing that well right now

 Everybody is created equal!Everybody's life is valued the same!

 "An American Or British Life Has More Value Than That Of An Iraqi Or Afghan. Even When The Victims Are Non Combatants." - depends on how you look at it. Realistically, an American or British may think that their race is superior. An Iraqi or Afghan may think that their race is superior. At media value, an American or British casualty in war [or in anything, really] has more 'viewer value' than an Afghan or an Iraqi - probably because casualties have become normal, and nobody could care less. In the eyes of God, though, none is better or worse. We're all human, all sinners, and all Saved. Of course, if you're not Christian, your viewpoint may be different, but if your stand is the same is saying that all humans are people, then it shouldn't matter - race shouldn't matter, or nationality. WHATEVER. What should matter is how our lives were lived, not where we lived our lives. Wonderful topic.

 Phew this is one of those debate topics that takes your breath away when you first read it. To think anyone ever came out with a statement like that!

There is no way to estimate the value of a human being.

And people who try do so are just plain worthless ;)

That's not as facetious as it first looks - people who judge and condemn others are usually indulging in a bit of shadow projection, aren't they.

 Nationality does not matter, it is the value of the person that counts!

 The main word we should be looking at is NEWS value. That just depends on who is writing or reading it. Every soul has the same value.

 All life is precious to God. I do not believe that Nationality diminishes a persons value.

 No one persons life is more important than anothers, its how you live your life that is important. Regarding the Media - its horses for courses, in the middle east the reporting of Iraqi lives lost to or because of the allied invader are reported more as that it what gets a more reactive response and sells the papers over there. Same as in the NI conflict, in Ireland and the catholic press (and to a certain extent the American press to get sympathy) it was the loss of catholic lives for the cause that were most reported, the death of a British soldier was celebrated.

 I guess that depends on who you ask.

 I personal find the statement offensive, but the explanation all too true. It is a shame that the news services have come down to this, and that they control the information that we have available. I can't place a value on people so that I may put them at different levels. This one more valued than that one who is more valued than that. It is just hard to say what can be done to make change when there is so much that needs to change.

 We all created equal. But in war it better them than us, but we should value innocent civilians.

 All i can say is human life shouldn't be evaluated in terms of their value on news channels or papers.
Media should stop evaluating such in-human things & should provide coverage on more people in trouble worldwide this will earn them equally high revenue.