Extremists in Iraq continue to use hostage-taking to convey their message, leaving much of the world wondering what can be done. What do you think?

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  Why don't we make hostage-taking punishable by the death penalty? Then everyone would think twice before doing it.

  Carl Preston
  Systems Analyst

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  I'll tell you, I'm about six or seven beheadings away from demanding some answers about what's going on in Iraq.

  Dave Rudd
  Clerk

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  I'd like to think that if the situation were reversed, we here in Schaumburg wouldn't treat our hostages this way.

  Roger Monroe
  Firefighter

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  If I ever got beheaded, I would make sure the geyser of blood would stain my captors' clothing so they'd have to throw it out. Take that, terrorists!

  Dora Drucker
  Lawyer

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  As a State Department official, let me say that bargaining with terrorists is unacceptable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for the hostages.

  Bea Larson
  Public Official

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  We should just shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out. That's God, mind you, not Allah.

  Chet Johnson
  Civil Engineer