Do you think that because you and a colleague were held hostage ('kidnapped' is ridiculous, not even taken off-site) that it's worth each perpetrator getting about 30 years in prison? That that moment of fear is worth locking someone up for a generation and a half? That that moment of fear is even worth you paying taxes to keep that person locked up for that time?
30 years ago, the Cold War was still in full swing. Mutually Assured Destruction was still something people were afraid of. The world wide web was still about 10 years away. USA for Africa's "We Are The World" was just about to hit #1 in the charts. Big hair and legwarmers were fashionable. Half the people that use this site hadn't even been born yet. 30 years is an incredibly long time.
Actually, I was thinking about it a bit more this morning, and found another interesting 30 year stretch: from the declaration of war in WWI to the close of WWII in Europe (VE Day) was about a month short of 31 years. Taking it to VP Day is about 1 month into 31 years.
So both world wars and everything that happened in-between took 'only' 30-ish years. :)
30 years ago, the Cold War was still in full swing. Mutually Assured Destruction was still something people were afraid of. The world wide web was still about 10 years away. USA for Africa's "We Are The World" was just about to hit #1 in the charts. Big hair and legwarmers were fashionable. Half the people that use this site hadn't even been born yet. 30 years is an incredibly long time.