I don't think the Australian government should pay a ransom because once you do that it makes every Ozzie travellor fair game.
In any case, I think Rodwell is resigned to die.
We are constantly spending ten times that much on people who are resigned to die and who, if asked, would prefer to die with dignity, not drugged out of their mind, with no hair and in pain they [the medicos] are reluctant to relieve because you might "like" the heroin.
