Have you seen this?
What?
They killed another hostage.
Oh, how awful. What a terrible thing to do.
I agree completely. I just don't understand what's wrong with them. Don't they have any humanity?
Well, maybe they've got a point. I mean, I suspect that they think the same about us.
Yes, but that doesn't make them right, does it? Just because they think so?
I guess not. My view is that we should give in to their demands, so that innocent people can stop getting killed.
Come on, you can't be serious! We should never give in to terrorist's demands, otherwise where would we be?
Well, that's probably true, but I don't think we should be dogmatic about it. A colleague of mine was kidnapped once, so perhaps I have a different view of things.
Really? What happened?
Well, it was in the Balkans during the war. He was only held for three days, and then they simply released him. It was a case of mistaken identity, and they just let him go when they found out he was no use to them. It was lucky they didn't kill him.