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Would you negotiate with terrorists?
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Fair enough, but perhaps he should choose his words more carefully. Or when I asked him about it, he could simply say "I didn't mean it like that."
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson 
What can be done to minimize the numbers of people kidnapped ?
Making them EXTREMELY valuable, or making them an EXTREME liability ? ![[Image: 1hykbh.jpg]](https://i.imgflip.com/1hykbh.jpg)
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
 (January 19, 2017 at 2:42 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: What can be done to minimize the numbers of people kidnapped ? I understand this rationale, but if it was my loved one out there, there's no way I could just leave them without doing everything in my power to try to get them back. Regardless.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2017 at 7:20 pm by vorlon13.)
That's why your (and me) not going to be in charge of this.
And making it as unlikely as possible to ever happen is the only effective measure we have. The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
 (January 19, 2017 at 2:39 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Or when I asked him about it, he could simply say "I didn't mean it like that." He obviously did mean it like that. So I can only assume he's either talking crap from his comfy chair, or, which would be worse in my opinion, he really would leave his loved ones to rot - because, you know, they wouldn't be released anyway and paying would just encourage the perps. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
I'd do nothing. After a few days, they'll be paying me to come and up my wife!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. 
Jesster
Your friendly neighborhood heathen  Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong.
I'm still undecided about this. I do have an interesting twist on the question, though.
If you were kidnapped by terrorists, what would you want others to do for you?  RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 7:18 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2017 at 7:19 pm by brewer.)
(January 19, 2017 at 6:51 pm)Jesster Wrote: I'm still undecided about this. I do have an interesting twist on the question, though. Depends on the terrorists motives and conditions. Are they the same as in the OP? If they are the same, I want the others not to pay.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
Jesster
Your friendly neighborhood heathen Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong. (January 19, 2017 at 7:28 pm)Bella Morte Wrote:(January 19, 2017 at 6:51 pm)Jesster Wrote: If you were kidnapped by terrorists, what would you want others to do for you? Sorry. I'm trying to relate it to the thread, but I didn't add in enough detail. Replace the kidnapped person in the OP with yourself, but otherwise exactly as robvalue stated. Would you want people to negotiate for you in that situation or not? |
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