The attacks were heinous and it&#x27;s horrible that innocent people died, but we can&#x27;t let the gruesome nature of the attacks prevent us from putting them into context—<p>Nearly four times as many people die per week in the US from automobile accidents: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2004&#x2F;03&#x2F;13&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;117-deaths-each-day.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2004&#x2F;03&#x2F;13&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;117-deaths-each-da...</a><p>These lives matter just as all lives matter, we need to fight automotive death and all causes of death with the same vigor that we fight terrorism deaths.<p>We cannot again fall asleep to the pattern of behavior all governments exhibit in the aftermath of events like this.<p>Snowden woke us up to that.