On 2008-Dec-31, at 22:15, Kevin Callahan wrote: >> But if you think they are pirates or terrorists, then you're not >> breaking the laws. > > So it depends on what you think .. > ah, I see
"A body representing 75% of the world's independent tanker fleet has called on the UN to co-ordinate naval patrols off Somalia's coast to help reduce piracy." See, they "think" they should blockade an area of thousands of miles of international waters, because the pirates are out there are intercepting ships thousands of miles off the coast of any nation. Israel "thinks" it needs to blockade Gaza. Russia, Norway, Canada, and Denmark, "think" that they can extend their 200 mile border far beyond to include parts of the Arctic, under a new-ish UN convention that someone thought up. I don't know where you hope to go with the appeal to international laws to show how unfair and abusive Israel is. These laws are made and re-made as nations renegotiate their interests. "International waters" doesn't mean much in the age of missiles. Israel is occupying land which a number of feudal Arabs and fundamentalist Muslims believe should belong to Muslims now and forevermore. The whole of Israel should not exist, according to them. It is a matter of feudal and religious principle, that Israel MUST NOT EXIST. You're fretting over international laws, but that stuff means squat given the severity of the situation. Israel thinks weapons are being smuggled into Gaza so they blockade. Activists do the obvious childish strategy of trying to smuggle in something innocuous and virtuous accompanied by reporters to gain world sympathy. So that what.... Israel lifts the blockade so they can go back to smuggling weapons in? The Israelis may be bastards, but I really don't envy their fate. Stefano _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
