Where the money is comming from.

[williejc]

I vigorously oppose any ransom payment to terrorists because the practice encourages them to continue taking hostages to demand ransom money. Years ago in the Sudan, a slave's value was two chickens. When various organizations decided to buy the slaves and release them, slave values went sky high. One result was that more people were enslaved so that they could be sold for inflated prices. This crap took place in the late 80's and early 90's. The slaves were Christian and the owners were Muslim.

[TAZ]

The question is where are the kidnap victims coming from and why are they there. Embassy staff or government officials is one thing, but why do we keep sending private individuals to these locales? Seems like a good plan would be to have State issue travel bans to areas where kidnapping is becoming the national pass time. Why do we wish to do business with these kinds of people?