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Assuming you only care about your own life. If the two alternatives are (1) be kidnapped, do some work, then murdered vs (2) fight to the death and have your fa

by smeyer 12y ago

Assuming you only care about your own life. If the two alternatives are (1) be kidnapped, do some work, then murdered vs (2) fight to the death and have your family killed in retaliation, I could see how your suggested personal rule might be suboptimal for a lot of people living in that area.

rwallace 12y ago
True enough. Is that the actual state of affairs?
- jpatokal 12y ago
  Yes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mexican-militiaman-and-his-family-killed-after-speaking-out/2014/06/27/16072be6-3dbb-4076-8da8-9ed0a3c8ccda_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mexican-militiaman-and-h... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375578/Drug-cartels-murder-children-scare-rival-gangs-Mexico.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375578/Drug-cartels...