:24:04
Before we move on, I wonder, Mr. Porter...
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will you please clarify your company's
intentions in this matter?
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Intentions?
:24:17
Your course of action.
:24:20
We intend to wait for Juggernaut's call...
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note his instructions, and pay the ransom.
:24:27
No.
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- What would you suggest?
- Not paying the ransom.
:24:37
We're well aware of the risks, Mr. Porter.
:24:40
But it is the view
of Her Majesty's government...
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the view, the policy, the determination...
:24:48
to resist extortion by terror.
:24:52
It isn't a hasty decision.
:24:54
It's the result of a long series
of similar situations...
:24:58
both at home and abroad.
:25:01
It's a simple question of responsibility.
:25:04
Responsibility to ourselves
and to other governments.
:25:08
Responsibility to 1,200 people
aboard my ship, that's my responsibility.
:25:14
I take the point,
but we can't consider this case in isolation.
:25:19
If you take a broad enough view,
you can justify anything.
:25:23
Let us examine the broad view.
:25:26
Sovereign Line...
:25:28
a firm that has received substantial
government subsidies...
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and a $20 million loan.
:25:34
- Do you buy my conscience with a subsidy?
- No.
:25:38
But we have the right
to your understanding.
:25:43
And if we proceed regardless
and pay the ransom?
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That's your right, in a free democracy.
:25:53
To coin a phrase.