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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 2:39 pm
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."
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 2:42 pm
What can be done to minimize the numbers of people kidnapped ?
Making them EXTREMELY valuable, or making them an EXTREME liability ?
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 2:48 pm
(January 19, 2017 at 2:42 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: What can be done to minimize the numbers of people kidnapped ?
Making them EXTREMELY valuable, or making them an EXTREME liability ?
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.
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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.
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 3:22 pm
(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.
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 6:49 pm
I'd do nothing. After a few days, they'll be paying me to come and up my wife!
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 6:51 pm
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?
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 7:18 pm
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(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.
If you were kidnapped by terrorists, what would you want others to do for you?
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.
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 7:28 pm
(January 19, 2017 at 6:51 pm)Jesster Wrote: If you were kidnapped by terrorists, what would you want others to do for you?
Need a bit more info than that...
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RE: Would you negotiate with terrorists?
January 19, 2017 at 7:33 pm
(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?
Need a bit more info than that...
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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