On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:42:48PM -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:50:50PM -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > Would I pay all the money in a bank to ransom my children > > or sacrifice > > > someone else to save my children from imminent death? Yes I would. > > > > Erik wrote.... > > No you would not. IT IS NOT YOUR MONEY TO GIVE AWAY. > > > Just a guess, but you don't have children do you?
You really need to try harder to remain rational. No matter how much you may want save your children, reality takes precedence over your desires. Appeals to irrationality are not persuasive. First, if your child is being held for ransom, it is unlikely that your highest probability of getting the child back is to actually pay the ransom. Anyone unethical enough to kidnap a child for ransom cannot be relied upon to honor a deal (of course, perhaps the kidnapper is doing it to raise money to pay for an operation for his child...). Second, if you and the authorities do decide that the best way to proceed is to pay a ransom, you can probably find someone or some agency that will willingly put up the money for you. Third, I doubt you have the intelligence and ability to successfully plan and execute a successful non-homicidal bank robbery under normal circumstances. Let alone when you are even less rational than usual because your child has been kidnapped. Finally, if by some miracle you did succceed in robbing the bank without hurting anyone, paying the ransom, and getting the child back, you would then be serving many years in jail for armed robbery. And I doubt a jailbird father can do a good job of raising a child. Although with judgement that bad, it may be best to get the father away from the child as soon as possible... Just a guess, but you don't have a brain do you? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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