US activist loses eye after being shot in face with tear gas canister

From the flotilla: US activist loses eye after being shot in face with tear gas canister

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21 Year Old American College Girl, who was protesting the flotilla incident while in Israel, is hit in the eye by a tear-gas canister by an IDF soldier.

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I've never created a thread before, but I feel strongly enough about this to make it my first. This is very sad. Call this girl naive or what have you, but because of IDF aggression, this girl has lost her left eye.

She is an average American, just like many of us. Below I have posted her facebook and personal blog links, so you can see the face of someone who has been damaged by careless aggression. Her and her family have my sympathy.

www.facebook.com...

thirstypixels.blogspot.com...

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Hopefully when she buys her plane ticket home she wont forget to cross her Ts and dot her............ lower-case js

Primarily she was on there to break the blockage, not provide humanitarian aid. I won't how much "aid" was bought and paid for by the girl.

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She wanted to see everything for herself, now she's got an eye full.
Forest Gump's mom said it the best," Stupid is, is what stupid does." If she continues to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong, she will loose that too.

reply to post by Violater1


The incident occurred in international waters, therefore, she and her fellows had every right to be there. The IDF did not.

reply to post by Nathwa


If you read the article she wasn't on the flotilla she was in the streets protesting the attack on the flotilla

Good call, you are right. I will make the neccassary corrections.

reply to post by SUICIDEHK45

reply to post by CanadianDream420


She was protesting peacefully on the border. She was not part of the aid flotilla. IDF seems to consider anyone who opposes their actions as an armed military opponent. IDF are low life bullies. How easy it is to shoot unarmed women. But I guess you can do anything when you are God's chosen people. God must be so proud of them.

reply to post by Nathwa

They protested an illegal blockade

Would you please explain how you determined that the blockade is illegal?
Please don't use UN definitions, because that organization is so pro-Palestinian, and anti-Israel that is it hardly an unbiased party.

The United States instituted a blockade of Cuba, 1962. This blockade was unilaterally declared by JFK, without any UN approval.

Regardless of whether you consider it legal or not, it affects nothing. The fact that these "activists" were armed, indicates that either they were up to no good, or they were inviting military retaliation.

Those people on the flotilla knew what they were getting themselves into, and they have to accept the consequences of their actions.

I'm no fan of Israel, but I'm also no fan of people who knowingly stir up the pot by initiating actions which lead to more violence. These people were not "peace" activists, but in fact, were instigators.

Originally posted by Violater1
She wanted to see everything for herself, now she's got an eye full.
Forest Gump's mom said it the best," Stupid is, is what stupid does." If she continues to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong, she will loose that too.

You could not even manage to get the quote correctly. How stupid is that?

reply to post by ProfEmeritus


Right, because the organization responsible for the creation of the state of Israel, and it's continued legitimacy on the world stage, is completely pro-Palestinian.

You people are grasping at straws right now, eh?

reply to post by ProfEmeritus


Who was more "armed"? Three GUNBOATS full of trained commandos or a ship full of civilians. Some of whom had pipes.

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by Nathwa

 

They protested an illegal blockade

Would you please explain how you determined that the blockade is illegal?
Please don't use UN definitions, because that organization is so pro-Palestinian, and anti-Israel that is it hardly an unbiased party.

The United States instituted a blockade of Cuba, 1962. This blockade was unilaterally declared by JFK, without any UN approval.

Regardless of whether you consider it legal or not, it affects nothing. The fact that these "activists" were armed, indicates that either they were up to no good, or they were inviting military retaliation.

Those people on the flotilla knew what they were getting themselves into, and they have to accept the consequences of their actions.

I'm no fan of Israel, but I'm also no fan of people who knowingly stir up the pot by initiating actions which lead to more violence. These people were not "peace" activists, but in fact, were instigators.

Your post is well taken. Indeed, the blockade is illegal by U.N. standards, which is good enough for me. And the 60's blockade of Cuba was probably every bit as shady. Bottom line is, just because a country has a law, that does not mean it is right. Remember how many people got hurt protesting segregation and such in the 60's American South? When one sees injustice, one should undermine it. So are you not a fan of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, or Nelson Mandela, because they "stirred the pot"?

reply to post by ProfEmeritus


Let us compare the blockades.

JFK blockaded a country who had NUCLEAR MISSILES.

Israel blockades a country that has fancy bottle rockets.

Doesn't even seem fair to compare the two does it?

Originally posted by SUICIDEHK45
reply to post by Nathwa

 

If you read the article she wasn't on the flotilla she was in the streets protesting the attack on the flotilla

yep she wasnt on the flotilla ...op needs to change title of thread as it is a bit misleading.....

reply to post by groingrinder

Israel blockades a country that has fancy bottle rockets.

Israel is blockading a country full of terrorists that are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, and that has launched rockets and missiles into Israeli territory for decades.

Again, although I am not an avid supporter of Israel, I do defend their right to defend their very existence.

Furthermore, why not point out the fact that Egypt is also blockading Gaza. I suspect that those of you who are condemning Israel are duplicitous in not condemning Egypt also.
Gee, I wonder why that is? Don't bother to answer, I know the answer. Your bigotry is showing.

reply to post by Nathwa

When one sees injustice, one should undermine it.

Interesting argument. In fact, that was the argument that Hitler used in starting World War II, as a result of the "unjust" Treaty dictated to Germany.

In addition, he used that argument to declare Jews enemies of Germany, because in his opinion, they were bleeding Germany dry.

That is a slippery slope that you start when you make comments like that.

One persons injustice is another person's "justice".

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by groingrinder

 

Israel blockades a country that has fancy bottle rockets.

Israel is blockading a country full of terrorists that are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, and that has launched rockets and missiles into Israeli territory for decades.

Again, although I am not an avid supporter of Israel, I do defend their right to defend their very existence.

Furthermore, why not point out the fact that Egypt is also blockading Gaza. I suspect that those of you who are condemning Israel are duplicitous in not condemning Egypt also.
Gee, I wonder why that is? Don't bother to answer, I know the answer. Your bigotry is showing.

Like Israel is not a country full of terrorists?
Happy terrorists jumping in the air when they successfully tear down the WTC for the pathocrats. So, now they can do whatever they want as a reward.

reply to post by DangerDeath

Happy terrorists jumping in the air when they successfully tear down the WTC for the pathocrats.

I won't even bother to argue with people who believe that someone other than radical Islamic terrorists were responsible for 9/11. That is psychopathic thinking.