Court Rules Hostages Must Pay for own Rescue Posted: 6 months ago by tigertony
As if you didn't already have enough reasons to avoid being kidnapped.
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Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo:
Those wacky Germans.
They should charge the kidnappers with the rescue, duh.
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Posted: 6 months ago by ArchAngel:
I guess opening a can of Whoopass on your assailants is the most sensible thing to do.
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Posted: 6 months ago by DoggySpew:
Meh,
Appeal this, and keep appealing this until you reached the European courts.
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Posted: 6 months ago by restlesschicken:
i'd expect something like this from the united states court before the German court ... i thought European governments were more sensible than this.
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Posted: 6 months ago by RowanGrey:
Completely absurd. Next they'll want "kidnapping insurance" that' you'll have to pay to the Govt. every month just in case you get kidnapped in the future. That way, they've got their money up front.
No insurance, no rescue.
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Posted: 6 months ago by badbud:
my question is this...can you opt out of a rescue?
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Posted: 6 months ago by Pocksucket:
« badbud : my question is this...can you opt out of a rescue? In rare [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst]circumstances[/url, yes.
Although if in future, if this sets a precedent and there are going to be T&Cs attached, then maybe more often...
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