Let's everyone sing along
First you say you do, and then you don't, And then you say you will, and then you won't; You're undecided now, so what are you gonna do?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/...ex.html?hpt=T1
Quote:
Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released Sunday or Monday, an Iranian lawyer representing the hikers told CNN Sunday.
"Everything is in place for the release," said lawyer Massoud Shafii, who got to see them for the first time on Sunday. "It's up to the family when to deliver the money."
The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported earlier Sunday that Shourd will be released if bail worth about $500,000 for her is submitted to the Iranian judiciary.
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Oh, so now it is called "bail". Back in my day it was called a ransom.
This is not bail. There is no way she would ever go back to stand trial in an Iranian court. The Iranians know this (and have set such "bail" on other foreigners in the past). Because they did not charge her with anything, they can't call it a fine, so it is a "bail".
Just call it what it is. Extortion.
Well, I am just glad it is not the US government ponying up this "bail". But I do feel, sorta, sorry for the family to have to part with a cool half million for their idiot daughter.
Which raises a question: How much would you pay to "bail" out your idiot adult kid if they pulled a stupid stunt like this?
For a 32 year old dumbass like that? I don't know if I would pay $500,000 (even if I had it, which I don't).