5th December 2003, 4:33 PM
Well, the bad guys likely WOULD kill the hostage because of ONE thing. Bad guys are IDIOTS. They always fight you because they THINK they are stronger than you. With that in mind, playing their bluff isn't the smartest thing to do.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)