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Talks on new emblem for Red Cross
BBC News ^
| 09-13-05
| WestVirginiaRebel
Posted on 09/13/2005 2:44:08 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
The Swiss government is hosting two days of talks in Geneva in an effort to agree on a new emblem for the International red Cross.
At the moment, the only two emblems recognised under the Geneva Conventions are the red cross and the red crescent.
Some countries are reluctant to use either symbol and want a new emblem which has no religious connotations.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: beyondstupid; cross; icrc; kofiannaniscorrupt; logo; purge; redcrescent; redcross; sick; switzerland
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To: Actually_in_Tokyo
Yes. And call it the Red Crescent of Embrace.
To: WestVirginiaRebel
How about the Jolly Roger?
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posted on
09/13/2005 3:29:57 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
No; that's going to be the UN's new flag...
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posted on
09/13/2005 3:35:30 AM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Then how about the joli rouge? Same color.
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posted on
09/13/2005 3:38:41 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
The Swiss government is hosting two days of talks in Geneva in an effort to agree on a new emblem for the International red Cross. Gee, I just looked at my Swiss Army Knife and there's that pesky symbol too!
To: WestVirginiaRebel
No religious signifigance huh? How 'bout we just tell em to go to H@%%?
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:15:22 AM PDT
by
BB2
To: petitfour
There you go. That way, all that design fee doesn't go to waste.
To: WestVirginiaRebel
All they have to do is rotate the symbol 45 degrees. The "Little Red X" is a universally recognized symbol.
To: wgeorge2001
How about this one:
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:43:24 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(CA Freepers, HELP Enforce Our Border: http://www.CaliforniaBorderPolice.com/)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
I say they use this emblem famous on many internet sites
Lets call it the Red X.
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:50:29 AM PDT
by
smith288
(Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
How about a big red ZERO?
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posted on
09/13/2005 5:07:21 AM PDT
by
Semper Vigilantis
(Peace comes from having superior firepower, the will to use it, and a very short fuse.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
As long as it's not a red crescent....
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posted on
09/13/2005 5:15:34 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(Blank-O Denied---People Died.)
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To: Fawn
Another attempt to bury the Christian legacy of mercy and compassion.
To: Actually_in_Tokyo
Or they could just say "Embrace the Crescent."
To: PeteB570
Why when I say Red Cross does a Red Cross spring into my mind? How about this?
No religious significance that I know of and best of all...
It represents my intentions towards donating anything to the Red Cross.
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posted on
09/13/2005 5:24:49 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!")
To: BB2
In view of all this, why could not advantage be taken of a time of relative calm and quiet to investigate and try to solve a question of such immense and worldwide importance, both from the humane and Christian stand-point? Henry Dunant, A Memory of Solferino
This is quote is from the founder of the Red Cross. No religious significance. Nope, none at all.
http://www.icrc.org/WEB/ENG/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/p0361?OpenDocument&style=Custo_Final.4&View=defaultBody2
To: WestVirginiaRebel
If they change the flag, wont they have to change the name also?
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Well, there is the ever popular:
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posted on
09/13/2005 6:01:23 AM PDT
by
QuiMundus
(Learn, Act, Educate, Repeat - http://www.smithism.com)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Red dollar sigh on white.....let's call a spade a spade.
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posted on
09/13/2005 6:03:08 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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