[beardyw]

> I still think out of principle you shouldn't pay the ransom, ever

There may have been a time when a company would act on principle, but I think it's very rare today. You hardly even expect people to do that. It's the world we have made.

[FredPret]

All human activities, including things like principles, charity, sacrifice, and duty, are ultimately self-serving attempts by the biological DNA and cultural memes that constitute us to replicate and improve it's standing.