UN Report on Gaza Flotilla

[Pooky 3,784]

Yet you were willing to rush to a conclusion.

Usually, governments do not release to the public the specific details about the reasons for heightened security alerts.

However, deep down in this article, you may find one of the several possible reasons that Turkey might want to carefully screen arrivals from Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-must-offer-compensation-to-turkey-1.382423

Racist comment....

I suspect Fishdude's point, much as you might wish to ignore it, is that neither set of airport security personnel are doing this for security purposes.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

You are reading a lot into what I wrote that isn't there. It simply underscores what I said in the previous post.

Why are you so defensive and militant?

Translation: "I can't answer the question of whether or not each country has the right to determine security procedures at its airports without exposing my own hypocrisy, so I will opt for an ad-hominem instead."

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Answer what? Legitimate security concerns are one thing. Doing things out of retaliation is another. Quite simply, it's not unheard of to make the latter seem like the former, when it is anything but.

Why does that view make you defensive?

I suspect Fishdude's point, much as you might wish to ignore it, is that neither set of airport security personnel are doing this for security purposes.

Yes.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I suspect Fishdude's point, much as you might wish to ignore it, is that neither set of airport security personnel are doing this for security purposes.

#1. Your opinion is not an equivalent of fact.

#2. I have repeatedly addressed Fishdude's claim that it must be simply a "childish retaliation."

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Answer what? Legitimate security concerns are one thing. Doing things out of retaliation is another. Quite simply, it's not unheard of to make the latter seem like the former, when it is anything but.

Why does that view make you defensive?

Yes.

And you continue with the ad-hominems instead of answering the question.

Have you read the article I linked yet ? (Waits for the "I don't have time..." and then back to blathering racist remarks about Middle Eastern people...)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Opinion isn't fact, who knew

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Opinion isn't fact, who knew

Apparently you.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

And you continue with the ad-hominems instead of answering the question.

Have you read the article I linked yet ? (Waits for the "I don't have time..." and then back to blathering racist remarks about Middle Eastern people...)

If and when I get around to reading your links, I'll be sure to let you know. Not that there's any obligation on my part to do so.

Blathering racism lol. Because the political machinations in that part of the world totally aren't immature and forward thinking

When "that part of the world" becomes exclusively Turkey and the Turkish, I will similarly let you know.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

If and when I get around to reading your links, I'll be sure to let you know. Not that there's any obligation on my part to do so.

Just as predicted ! Yay I'm right again.

Blathering racism lol. Because the political machinations in that part of the world totally aren't immature and forward thinking

Only that's not what you said. THIS is what you said:

However that region of the world is full of childish attitudes and small mindedness, as indeed are the endless discussions on various topics about them on internet message boards.

If that was written in haste and you want to retract it, fine. But don't try to pretend you said something else.

When "that part of the world" becomes exclusively Turkey and the Turkish, I will similarly let you know.

I took it as meaning the Middle East in general. So what did you actually intend by "that part of the world" ?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

WOM, your problem is that you are so blinkered and emotionally invested in the topic that you can't see reason.

Retract my statement? Lol who do you think you are?

I thought the thread was tangentially about the political relations between Israel and its neighbours. Childish attitudes? Oh no, surely not!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

WOM, your problem is that you are so blinkered and emotionally invested in the topic that you can't see reason.

Retract my statement? Lol who do you think you are?

I thought the thread was tangentially about the political relations between Israel and its neighbours. Childish attitudes? Oh no, surely not!

Yet another one who has gone off the rails instead of debating his point....

Racist remarks, name-calling and insults are not helping your argument.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

My argument was about reciprocity as it pertains to the treatment of one countries citizens by another. Your response appears to rely on the view that I need to take sides on the issue.

You accuse me of racism, fine. That doesn't make it so. Repeating it won't either.

It just reinforces my view that you adhere to the same childish attitudes which perpetuate the problems in that part of the world.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Are you saying that Turkey does not have the right to the same security that Israel has ?

Israel has been a special case for too long. It is about time for some reciprocity. I love it!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Perhaps they do, perhaps they do not.

However that region of the world is full of childish attitudes and small mindedness, as indeed are the endless discussions on various topics about them on internet message boards.

Ah, yes: The superior view of a mature imperialist country that has become irrelevant in world affairs except as a lapdog for the Obama-Bush Presidencies.

Racist comment....

It's very British.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

My argument was about reciprocity as it pertains to the treatment of one countries citizens by another. Your response appears to rely on the view that I need to take sides on the issue.

You accuse me of racism, fine. That doesn't make it so. Repeating it won't either.

It just reinforces my view that you adhere to the same childish attitudes which perpetuate the problems in that part of the world.

Huh ?

I never asked you to take sides, and I really don't care that you do.

Your remark is there for all to see (unless or until you get a mod to delete it.) But rather than either standing by it or retracting it, you try to claim you said something else entirely. Anyone can read the thread and see what you did.

Anyway, you cling to your theory that the reason behind the increased security must be "childish." I am asking you to debate your point. I have presented you with a good clue to one very real reason that Turkey may be screening Israelis with increased diligence. You choose to ignore it, you don't present any evidence to back your claims, and instead of debating, you continue with the ad hominem.

FAIL.