Please show me where the IDF asked to board the ships to search for weapons, then. I provided you a list of prohibited items, nothing to do with weapons, if Israel was concerned with just those, only weapons would be banned. This is clearly a blockade as the IDF will not allow items such as dried fruit into Gaza.
This is a very obvious ship, it makes little sense to use it for smuggling arms...
Can I see some evidence please? Or are you going to keep making irrelevant comparisons?
We seem to do a poor job here in the UK of stopping illegal immigrants, never mind weapons smuggling. Oh wait, you like to fearmonger to justify practically anything...
I have no interest in the conflict continuing, as I do not manufacture weapons...
Where was I fearmongering? I was saying people like you who are being pedantic and the people in this thread who are going on about it being in international waters, media included, would be making the exact opposite argument in the situation I outlined.
This is my problem with half the people in the thread, they are complaining because they don't like( and don't have a clue about) Israel's behaviour, not because it is in international waters, their arguments will change from one situation to another.
I didn't claim anything, I was giving examples of situations where your argument and the "general" arguments would be on exactly the opposite side, IE, as and when it suits people the rules being followed or ignored is up to them on a per situation basis.
Its wrong for Israel to flout them, but its fine for other people in situations deemed ok.
As for it being an obvious boat, if something has to be brought in, are you going to try and hide it on the boat most people wouldn't think you'd try to hide on, or the small boat going at night appearing from nowhere without a reason for being there.
Also, on boats that large, you can search all day and still miss a massive cache of arms or 3 terrorists hidden in some passageway you missed.
I do like the fact you said I like to fearmonger to justify anything, I very VERY specifically am completely opposite to that, I made EXAMPLES of why OTHER people would complain, not things I'm complaining about, I couldn't give two hoots frankly, but peoples stupid arguments in this thread irked me, nothing more or less.
I'm completely against the idea of adding new laws hurting normal people and being justified by ridiculous scaremongering over possible terrorist attacks, I'm completely against changing the way we live/run the country based on sporadic and minimal terrorist attacks, you couldn't have been more incredibly wrong with that statement, or really anything else you've said.
If people just say, meh, I can't stand Israel, or Palestine, or protestors, I'm fine, people are entitled to their opinions, but utterly stupid excuses about piracy and how a metal pole isn't threatening because he has a gun and theres helicopters around, while not stating their actual opinion but trying to make one side sound good or bad, irritates the hell out of me.
As I've said more than once now, all the arguments from those people in this thread would be reversed in a different situation, which is what makes their points completely invalid.
Can you honestly tell me that if our government blew up a ship 100miles out that we knew had a bomb on it a single person would complain it was done in international waters? I wouldn't, but then I'm not complaining about it here either.
