Report: Israel attacks flotilla, 10 die

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Do North Korean commissars qualify as "authority figures" who can bust into your house on a hunch and shoot you to death?

Yes... If you are off the coast of North Korea (in either domestic or international waters) and a North Korean Commissar boards you, whether you like it or not he DOES qualify as an authority figure... though i think one would have a hard time busting into my house as you keep insisting... then again i dont live on a boat 15 miles off the coast of NK.

I have to say though... if im in international waters conducting a geological survey - they wouldn't have the right to board me anyway...

BUT

if i am in international waters with the clearly stated intention of sailing into one of their port cities for the purpose of - say - exploding a bomb, or smuggling contraband or some other illegal purpose... then hell yes, in that case they have the right and the authority to try and stop me.