I’m currently sitting in the International Humanitarian Law class. (By the way, you know you’re in a Red Cross class when the facilitator starts off with “Okay, here are the fire exits, there’s the AED, and you all remember what to do in an earthquake, right?)

We’ve already started off with some lively discussion. Right now we’re talking about “Human Dignity,” and we came up with a lot of definitions: Survival, The Right To Live Without Fear or Opression, Respect, Equality, The Right To Be Understood…