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Originally Posted by Jetsfan
If one of my family members were stupid enough to go to a country like Somolia and ignore the travel warnings of the Canadian government then they're out of luck and they can fend for themselves.
Thats the problem with Western civilization, no one wants to take personal responsibility for the decisions they make. Instead, responsible people like myself are forced, through taxation, to cover for these people.
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I don't know if you're interested, but I heard about a country somewhere in Africa where you can go and you won't have to pay taxes... I sincerely hope you try it out.
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I don't take vacations in Somolia!
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Dang.
Seriously though, she is a freelance journalist, so she wasn't in Som
alia on vacation. I can't imagine casually concluding that a member of my own family should die at the hands of kidnappers, because they took a calculated risk, especially when that risk is understandable given the nature of her career.
I think Cowperson made a really good point that she should have arranged insurance before travelling there. Hell, I get travel insurance when I go to G7 countries.
Anyways, I'm happy to hear that she's back in Canada and safe. Best wishes to her in recovering from what was surely a terrifying ordeal.