Its not “bottle rockets”. Innocent people lost their lives.

The ship violated sovereign territory in the middle of a siege. Blockade running isn't an innocent act. Every smuggler knows that.

You’re lucky you’re priveleged enough

Yes yes. Guy on the internet says other guy on the internet is privileged.

I hope nothing so awful ever happens to you

I'll try not to charge a slow moving cargo ship through an active war zone.

And yes, I do know where Mecca is.

If you think you know where Mecca is, go on and pray towards it. Go ahead, I'll wait.