i think the point of the thread is to see how the tough
decisions are made. So to those who're being all tough and saying
that they'll kill the kidnappers or whatever else, lets assume that
your family members were vacationing in Russia and got kidnapped by
the russian mafia.
In this scenario, the superhero wannabes here can make a
decision too, cos no 'set of skills acquired over a long career'
will enable you to 'slaughter the kidnappers ... no survivors
taken' given that the russian mafia is about 500,000 strong, well
armed with military grade weaponary and connected to the russian
army and bureaucracy.