the problem is your blatant hypocrisy and dishonesty
No. The problem,
vis-a-vis you and I, is that you cannot seem to discuss anything at all on the forum on the basis of its own merits, and without wandering off into
ad homeinem. The proof is in the pudding.
All that aside, it does not
excuse those merits. The argument cannot be dismissed simply because you hate me, Israelis, Jews, or anyone else.
claiming premeditiation on by the protester when they grabbed anything at hand to defend themselves
Regrettably, that does not appear to be the case, as several posts have now indicated. None of your claims as above serve to refute those concepts.
but not claiming premeditation when the Israelis went in geared to kill not subdue.
You would need proof of the above on a relative scale.
It should have been plainly obvious to you by now that I am no longer responding to you. So why do you keep referring to me in your posts and responding to me? Obsess much?
Bells - you misunderstand.
First: whether you respond to me or not is entirely unimportant (although this would be a
novel development from my perspective, whatever internal decisions you may have taken). This thread is a discussion of the facts of the case. As such, I will address those that I think need addressing, whether such points are made by you or anyone else. I regret that this bothers you, but this is of the public record. And I suspect that your sudden reluctance stems not from my poor character, but from your poor mastery of the facts in the face of overwhelming emotion.
(Of course, if I were to be pert, I would point out that you
are, in fact, still addressing me. But I leave it to you, as you will. You could always try extortion, I guess, if I've been foolish enough to leave you with any pertinent details.)
Second: much of your argument against me has been character assassination. Ergo, I feel obligated to blunt and rebuff those prejudices back on you. I will use my best judgement as to when that point has been reached. There is such a thing as
fairness.
In short Geoff, I find you to be dishonest and quite nauseating. Since I find you so distasteful, I will only deal with you if I absolutely have to when it pertains to forum business.
As you will: I hold a remarkably similar opinion of you; but I will continue to express my ideas to the best of my ability.
I am glad you understand now.
Although I clearly understand your stated position, I have given no consent.
And now, executing journalists by shooting them in the back of the head and claiming it's self defense!
Horrifying and loathesome. I do note that the article is not a fairly written one in some details - "weapons broken from the fittings", indeed, as though every man was armed with a section of pipe he had somehow broken free from the ship - and on the details of the rappel and subsequent mobbing.
How's that clapping and singing going Spock?
Again: you fail to understand the idea of working up a mob, or the significance of this
incredibly anti-Semitic song, which you absurdly and offensively dismiss as "clapping and singing", as if it were a Boy Scout meeting. How does one persist in such hypocrisy?
It is now abundantly clear that the confrontation was desired by those on the ships. That PJ and Bells blatantly ignore the al Jazeera article - or worse, express their solidarity - only underscores the moral hypocrisy of those giving complete absolution to the protesters on that vessel. Among the more ludicrous claims - as if links to religious extremists and racists were insufficient - are the constant support for the mobbed attack on the rappellers, and the completely specious pretension that the dearth of evidence to the contrary represents a conspiracy.
How sad.