Do we implement merely the minimal because of a false belief in our personal immunity from terrorism? Do we forgo more rigorous actions because we have sedated ourselves with the trite mantra, "life goes on"? Life goes on, except for the myriad slain, their families, and their friends. Life may go on for most, but never quite as before. Life is thereafter cheapened for all who survive and realize how little is done in this world to protect the living.