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Originally Posted by drewboy12
Really? If it is true that we paid a ransom, yes Its funding terrible things, but doesn't it make you feel kinda proud to be Canadian? Sure you could just forget about her, and not pay a ransom, but they will find money regardless... Shes a Canadian girl from our province... Makes me damn proud to be Canadian if our government did what ever to free her.
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I doubt it was the federal government that paid up but if it was...
I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda irked by it. Lindhout, from what I read, is an amazing journalist and has done a lot of work in the middle east. But when you goto a country on your own free will, such like Somalia where all the travel advisories from every country is saying don't go there and the threat to westerners is high to get kidnapped, and than actually get kidnapped, don't start blaming the government for not paying a few million to have you released. I'm pretty sure a few months ago the kidnappers released a tape with what is believed to have been Lindhout begging the government for help.
I'm not trying to make light of the situation, I'm sure she has gone through some horrible, horrible things...but ultimately, she set herself up for this situation and given the turmoil in that country and the fact she knew about it (the reason she was working there), she should have fully accepted the risks and been well aware that the Canadian government was not going to help financially.