Governments that pay ransoms are saving the lives of some of their citizens, but putting the remainder of their citizens – and others – at greater risk. The refusal to pay ransoms to terrorists can seem callous, but in truth it is the only ethical policy.
支付赎金的政府拯救了一些本国公民，但也让其余本国——和他国——公民陷入了更大的危险。拒绝向恐怖分子支付赎金看起来也许麻木不仁，但事实上这是唯一合乎伦理的政策。所有政府都应该严守这一准则。