The Red Cross leadership is clearly to stupid to notice, but . . .
. . . they may still have one symbol of Christmas remaining. My guess is not for long.
Posted on 12/16/2010 1:36:06 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops.
Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems.
The charity's politically-correct move triggered an avalanche of criticism and mockery last night - from Christians and Moslems.
Christine Banks, a volunteer at a Red Cross shop in New Romney, Kent, said: 'We put up a nativity scene in the window and were told to take it out. It seems we can't have anything that means Christmas. We're allowed to have some tinsel but that's it.
'When we send cards they have to say season's greetings or best wishes. They must not be linked directly to Christmas.
'When we asked we were told it is because we must not upset Moslems.'
Mrs Banks added: ' We have been instructed that we can't say anything about Christmas and we certainly can't have a Christmas tree.
' I think the policy is offensive to Moslems as well as to us. No reasonable person can object to Christians celebrating Christmas. But we are not supposed to show any sign of Christianity at all.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
But they aren’t offended by that big red CROSS?!?!
And why would muslims be offended by Christmas? They love to tell us how much they revere Jesus too. He’s going to be big Mo’s #1 helper when he returns.
Why isn’t anyone ever worried about offending Christians?
Coming soon to a country near you/s
here is a pdf file of their “Secretariat” structure, the management suite:
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/who/secretariat/secretariat-structure-ar.pdf
The Red Cross leadership is clearly to stupid to notice, but . . .
. . . they may still have one symbol of Christmas remaining. My guess is not for long.
Went to the page and THAT pissed me off even more!
They are no longer accepting anymore comments on the article and from what I see .. They never accepted any anyway!
Good question because I’m offended that they are offended and will donate to another charity.
Maybe they’d better change their symbol.
I’ve been fed up with the Red Cross for many, many years. They used to be a great organization, but now they seem to be mainly about funding their own salaries and perks.
What do they think that cross stands (stood) for?
“Why isn’t anyone ever worried about offending Christians?”
Because Christians will not cut their heads off or blow them out of the sky at 40,000 feet...
Well it is in the UK - now if it were here, I might have sauntered down to my local Red Cross office and presented my feelings about it.
God it looks like we have to clone this guy and replace most of our current politicians with clones from him.
without this is guess we are just lost!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRmgI_WXff0
I´m sooooo sick of all this PC crap!
I guess the muzzies aren't afraid of the Cross of St. George..................
Don’t Red Crescent ambulances in East Jerusalem have a tendency to explode?
Cool. Then I guess I’ll remove Red Cross Blood Drives from my itinerary.
Perhaps it is time to restore the red cross as a Christian symbol, and as a symbol of strength.
The sickness spreads.
“Why isn’t anyone ever worried about offending Christians?”
because they don’t massacre random people to let out steam?
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