[freshair]

If the mugger isn't bluffing, then he'll get your money one way or the other. This makes it different from paying ransoms.

Furthermore, a corporation's bottom line is not truly comparable to a human life. However it is my understanding that paying ransoms to save human lives is technically illegal to. If paying a ransom to save your family member's life is illegal, then corporations paying ransoms to protect their finances should certainly be illegal.

[FDSGSG]

>However it is my understanding that paying ransoms to save human lives is technically illegal to

You are wrong.

[freshair]

I did some more research and it seems I am substantially correct; paying a ransom to a terrorist organization is illegal.

[FDSGSG]

Substantially correct? Paying ransoms is legal except for a very limited set of payment recipients.