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1、MemberofoppositionIdon’tagreetocriminalizethepaymentofransom.NowIwillgivemytworeasonsofmyidea.Thefirstreasonis,payingtheransomisthekidnapper’sidea,whilethepayerisinnocent,nottheonetobeblame.Howcanwecriminalizethepeoplewhoareforcedtopaytheransomforthesakeoftheirfamilymember’ssafety?Whatif
2、thekidnapperkillsthevictim?Comparedwithmoney,apparently,people’slivesaremuchmoreimportant.Whenthepolicecanarresttheterroristintime,thepayerswillsurelynotworryaboutanything,butifthepolicefail,payingtheransomistheonlychoiceforthepayers.Inthiscase,theydon’thaveanyguilt,andthereisn’taproperr
3、easontocriminalizethematall.Ifpayingransomiscriminalized,itwillcausesomebadeffects.Whenfacedwiththecaseofblackmail,peoplewillbeinadilemma.Inonehand,payingtheransomwillberegardedascrime;ontheotherhand,theterroristiskeepingthehostageindangerousallthetime.Thisisunfairforthem,especiallywhenp
4、olicecan’tarrestthecriminalintime.Butwhatislawfor?Forforcingpeopletochoosefrombreakingthelaworseeingtheirdearskilledbythekidnapper?Absolutelynot!Thelawissupposedtobenefiteachcitizeninsteadofpunishingtheinnocents.Therefore,thedecisionofcriminalizingthepaymentofransomseemstotallygoingagain
5、stthisprinciple.Thesecondreasonis,payingtheransomdoesn’tleadtobadconsequences,neitherviolatesanymorals.Throughmanycaseswecanseethatitiswhenexchangingtheransomthatthepolicecanfindoutorevencatchtheterrorist.Thatistosay,payingtheransomisaneffectivewayforthepolicetosolvingthecase,soit’smorer
6、idiculoustodefinesuchagoodandhelpfulactionasasortofcrime.Meanwhile,webelievethepolice,withthehelp,haveenoughcapacitytoarresttheterroristandreturnthelostmoneytothevictim.Then,there’snodamageinthecaseandeverythinggoesnormal.Asforwhatiscrime,thedefinitionis:thebehaviorwhichbreaksthelegalord
7、er,harmsthesafetyofsociety,infringestherightsandfreedomofcitizens,ordamagesanythingofthecountry.Sowecan’tfindanypieceofthedefinitionfittingwithpayingtheransom,whichisanunavoidablechoiceinthespecialsituationwithoutanyharm.Thus,there’snopointmakingsuchacriminalizationatall.
