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The German foreign office has told the German tourists who had been taken hostage in the Sahara desert this year by Islamic militants that they must pay for being rescued. The German government says that they had a travel advisory listed and that they had warned all German citizens against traveling in the Algerian desert because of the known risk posed by Islamic terror organizations oppurating there. These tourists ignored their government's warnings and went anyway so now the government is asking they repay a very small portion of the costs associated with rescuing them. 
Of course the tourists feel that it is the government's responsibility to bail them out even if they refuse to listen to government warnings. They completely object to being billed 2300 Euros (around $2500) for the military oppuration which rescued them from Arab terrorists who had plotted to kill their captives if a ransom wasn't paid.
Personally, I see this as individuals doing irresponsible acts and who should be forced to pay for their actions. In my mind this is very similar to the lazy fat slob who hasn't gotten off the coach in 20 years and who thinks he's going to day hike the Grand Canyon without any water bottles. When the idiot gets into trouble he should be billed for the expense of a helicopter coming to pick his fat ass up. These idiots should be glade their government was willing to save their bacon when they were to pig headed to listen to advice and they should think of the 2300 Euro charge as being the costs of learning things the hard way.
Of course the tourists feel that it is the government's responsibility to bail them out even if they refuse to listen to government warnings. They completely object to being billed 2300 Euros (around $2500) for the military oppuration which rescued them from Arab terrorists who had plotted to kill their captives if a ransom wasn't paid.
Personally, I see this as individuals doing irresponsible acts and who should be forced to pay for their actions. In my mind this is very similar to the lazy fat slob who hasn't gotten off the coach in 20 years and who thinks he's going to day hike the Grand Canyon without any water bottles. When the idiot gets into trouble he should be billed for the expense of a helicopter coming to pick his fat ass up. These idiots should be glade their government was willing to save their bacon when they were to pig headed to listen to advice and they should think of the 2300 Euro charge as being the costs of learning things the hard way.
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