Should Britain pay ransoms to save lives?

[MyUserName]

If I was kidnapped I am quite sure everyone would be in agreement that the ransom must be paid.

Or else they give you back?!

[CloudWalker]

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you.

[minestrone]

If I was kidnapped I am quite sure everyone would be in agreement that the ransom must be paid.

[Zero Liability]

FTFY

And the likes of Margaret Hodge, and just about any other politician, senior bureaucrat (or anyone at HMRC) or 'journalist'. Maybe trash TV celebs while we're at it too but they're marginally more useful.

[fullyautomatix]

No, because in the long run it only causes more deaths. Any kidnapping should be treated as though the victim is already dead.

No tulip!

[tractor]

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We should exchange aggressive tax avoiders officers for the hostages.

FTFY

[Old Greg]

Should Britain pay ransoms to save lives? – Telegraph Blogs

We should exchange aggressive tax avoiders for the hostages.

[tomtomagain]

Don't reward bad behaviour.

[BrilloPad]

No it only encourages them

No, because in the long run it only causes more deaths. Any kidnapping should be treated as though the victim is already dead.

What about the European countries that already pay up?

[NotAllThere]

No, because in the long run it only causes more deaths. Any kidnapping should be treated as though the victim is already dead.

[MicrosoftBob]

No it only encourages them

[BrilloPad]

Should Britain pay ransoms to save lives? – Telegraph Blogs