Gaza Aid Boat Rammed by Israeli Navy in International waters

[Spion]

One engineer.

A chemical engineer.

I wonder what he was going to do to ease the plight of those who are suffering?

Water purification, oil processing, medicine production, household products manufacture, food processing?

But yeah, how dare they try to visit this territory

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Looks like Dr. Halpin might be more interested in the politicking than in the doctoring.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhyRseBVxk

 

[Yossarian]

Just a question: don't they have palestinian doctors?

Is it necessary to bring in european doctors?

Yes and yes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/gaza.humanitarian/

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Water purification, oil processing, medicine production, household products manufacture, food processing?

But yeah, how dare they try to visit this territory

They can go on a tour if they choose, but call it a tour boat, not an aid boat.

In the circumstances, 'aid boat' is both overly emotive, and misleading to boot.

 

[bluestreak]

Looks like Dr. Halpin might be more interested in the politicking than in the doctoring.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhyRseBVxk

So? Does that make it alright then?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yes and yes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/gaza.humanitarian/

Well, they have a surgeon general.

http://media.www.easttennessean.com....In.One.Piece.Makes.Announcement-294898.shtml

And it looks like Israeli doctors have been known to step up.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/12/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Palestinian-Surgery.php

 

[bluestreak]

They can go on a tour if they choose, but call it a tour boat, not an aid boat.

In the circumstances, 'aid boat' is both overly emotive, and misleading to boot.

Holy shit dude, it's an aid boat, it contains people going to give aid, physical aid, political aid, supplies, whatever they think they can do, for reasons individual to them. it's a fucking aid boat. It's not Reckless Harry's Disaster Zone Tours.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

That last article is kind of surprising, considering what evil hatemongering beasts the Israelis apparently are.

 

[Yossarian]

One engineer.

A chemical engineer.

I wonder what he was going to do to ease the plight of those who are suffering?

According to the list he was the chief mate, so presumably he would have been in charge of the ship's safety and the loading and securing of its cargo.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

A 'political aid boat'.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

According to the list he was the chief mate, so presumably he would have been in charge of the ship's safety and the loading and securing of its cargo.

So then his being an engineer is totally a red herring.

Gilligan was the chief mate of the Minnow, and he wasn't a chemical engineer to my recollection.

 

[Yossarian]

Well, they have a surgeon general. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/12/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Palestinian-Surgery.php

Of course there's doctors in Gaza but for some mysterious reason they've been finding the workload a little overwhelming of late.

 

[bluestreak]

That last article is kind of surprising, considering what evil hatemongering beasts the Israelis apparently are.

Good grief.

 

[Fruitloop]

I was wondering who was doing the sailing, as I wouldn't want to go to sea with only the first mate knowing one end of the boat from the other.

 

[Spion]

They can go on a tour if they choose, but call it a tour boat, not an aid boat.

In the circumstances, 'aid boat' is both overly emotive, and misleading to boot.

Yeah, how dare they take medical supplies to a population of refugees under siege.

Keep that ghetto locked down, eh Canuck?!

 

[claphamboy]

They can go on a tour if they choose, but call it a tour boat, not an aid boat.

In the circumstances, 'aid boat' is both overly emotive, and misleading to boot.

Why, with almost every post you make, are you insisting in making yourself look an even bigger twat?

 

[bluestreak]

A 'political aid boat'.

You're smarter than this Johnny. You don't look clever, undermining the stupid lefties, you look obtuse and desperate.

 

[Crispy]

That last article is kind of surprising, considering what evil hatemongering beasts the Israelis apparently are.

Holy shit! The light! The light of truth in my eyes!
I had no idea there were nice israelis!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Holy shit! The light! The light of truth in my eyes!
I had no idea there were nice israelis!

Then I've done some good here.



ps. Given that I never took you for one of the handful of fanatics about this issue who use these boards, the comment wasn't really intended for you.

 

[Bakunin]

Looks like Dr. Halpin might be more interested in the politicking than in the doctoring.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhyRseBVxk

Funny, I happen to know David Halpin personally, and he's a fine doctor and a good person.

And far too blunt and outspoken to be a political animal, as a rule.

 

[Crispy]

Then I've done some good here.



ps. Given that I never took you for one of the handful of fanatics about this issue who use these boards, the comment wasn't really intended for you.

I know. But jeez, I think you credit your opponents with rather more stupidity than they actually have.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You're smarter than this Johnny. You don't look clever, undermining the stupid lefties, you look obtuse and desperate.

I don't really care.

There are real issues here. They get undermined when a boatload of journalists and politicians tries to drum up publicity by calling itself an 'aid boat'.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I know. But jeez, I think you credit your opponents with rather more stupidity than they actually have.

Frankly, I think I underestimate them in that department.

 

[Fruitloop]

There are real issues here. They get undermined when a boatload of journalists and politicians tries to drum up publicity by calling itself an 'aid boat'.

And that undermining is best dealt with by ramming them with another boat?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

And that undermining is best dealt with by ramming them with another boat?

Do we have those 'ramming pictures' yet?

 

[bluestreak]

Denis Healey, Captain (UK) AID
Nikos Bolos, First Mate, chemical engineer, FGM volunteer (greek) AID
Othman Abu Falah, Al jazeera producer (Jordan) MEDIA
Renee Bowyer, FGM volunteer (Australia) AID
Caoimhe Butterly, FGM volunteer (Irland) AID
Ekaterini Christodoulou, journalist (cyprus) MEDIA
Sami El- Haj, journalist of Al jazeera (Sudan) MEDIA
Dr David Halpin, orthopaedic doctor (UK) AID
Dr Mohamed Issa, child surgeon (Germany) AID
Fathi Jaouadi, TV producer, FGM volunteer (UK/Tunise) AID / MEDIA
Cynthia McKinney, former US Congresswoman from Georgia, and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate (USA) POLITICS
Martha Paisi, researcher, activist for human rights (Cyprus) AID
Karl Penhaul, CNN corespondant (UK) MEDIA
Thaer Shaker, Al Jazeera camera man (Iraq) MEDIA
Dr Elena Theoharous, surgeon, member of the Cypriot Parliament (Cyprus) AID? POLITICS?


That looks like a boat with plenty of aids.

 

[bluestreak]

Anyway, I'm going home. This is all too stupid for me.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Denis Healey, Captain (UK) AID
Nikos Bolos, First Mate, chemical engineer, FGM volunteer (greek) AID
Othman Abu Falah, Al jazeera producer (Jordan) MEDIA
Renee Bowyer, FGM volunteer (Australia) AID
Caoimhe Butterly, FGM volunteer (Irland) AID
Ekaterini Christodoulou, journalist (cyprus) MEDIA
Sami El- Haj, journalist of Al jazeera (Sudan) MEDIA
Dr David Halpin, orthopaedic doctor (UK) AID
Dr Mohamed Issa, child surgeon (Germany) AID
Fathi Jaouadi, TV producer, FGM volunteer (UK/Tunise) AID / MEDIA
Cynthia McKinney, former US Congresswoman from Georgia, and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate (USA) POLITICS
Martha Paisi, researcher, activist for human rights (Cyprus) AID
Karl Penhaul, CNN corespondant (UK) MEDIA
Thaer Shaker, Al Jazeera camera man (Iraq) MEDIA
Dr Elena Theoharous, surgeon, member of the Cypriot Parliament (Cyprus) AID? POLITICS?


That looks like a boat with plenty of aids.

Until you look behind the title, as with Dr. Halpin, a longtime activist.

Irish activists aboard Gaza aid boat stopped by Israel

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1230/breaking47.html

Ostensibly they were there for the politicking, not the doctoring.

 

[tangentlama]

I don't really care.

There are real issues here. They get undermined when a boatload of journalists and politicians tries to drum up publicity by calling itself an 'aid boat'.

How can this boat be called an aid boat when it had 3.5 tonnes of Cypriot medical aid on board?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

How can this boat be called an aid boat when it had 3.5 tonnes of Cypriot medical aid on board?

I wonder how much all those politicos weigh? Leave them at home, pack another ton of meds onto the boat: there's an idea.