Heartc - don't let it get to you.
The idea that every adult in the western world is somehow "massively affected" by this incident is so totally ludicrous on its face its hilarious. Sometimes you just have to recognize when people are choosing to be difficult.
Zachstar - you might want to reread the relevant law - thank TLAM for posting it....
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1408116&postcount=142
"Repelling Boarders" only works if the boarders do not have a legal right to board you. In this case - the IDF did in fact, under the law governing such actions - have the right to board. The fact you seem to be dismissing - and many others do as well - is that this vessel communicated its intent to violate the legal blockade, refused a peaceful solution (diversion to a specified port with the assurance that all non-prohibited aid would be allowed through to Gaza) and initiated lethal action - which then was responded to in kind.
As for "opening fire" from the helo's - every video out there shows this claim to be false. 3 very simple reasons. Had the IDF been firing live rounds - the deck video would show alot of dead people, not a lot of "protesters" waiting to ambush the first guy down the rope. Second - if your taking lethal fire from above, your not going to stand around waiting to catch a slug - especially "helpless civilian protesters" like these people are now claiming to be. Thirdly, had the IDF been firing "for effect" - they would have cleared the decks before the first guy hit the line. So every fact shows that this was a premeditated, orchestrated PR bait trap laid with the INTENT to discredit Israel, even when the IDF followed the law and common sense.
As for those who claim the IDF was just looking to kill people - sorry - when the IDF wants to go kill people - they tend to do a much better job.... Entebbe is a good example....