Would you negotiate with terrorists?

[FatAndFaithless]

Bolded mine.  Are you serious?  You're equating grief-stricken loved ones paying a ransom in an attempt to save a life with the kidnappers?

Read my post to "abaris." I didn't say it would be an easy thing to do, it would be heart wrenching. Where is the logic in paying when the result will be that the kidnappers are not going to leave witnesses behind, they've already threatened to kill them if they don't get the money so we would have to assume they would have no problem with killing them if it means they can't be identified. Self preservation is just as important to them as it is to you wanting to save a loved one. The money becomes useless if they can't spend it.

GC

My question to you is, based on what you literally just said, you think those paying a ransom aren't any different from the kidnappers?  You really believe that?  This isn't a question about how hard the decision would be, this is a question about how you view the people involved.