Posted on 03/11/2002 5:22:33 AM PST by gohabsgo
Howbeit this oh so subtle pill has grown into the political monster and taken over a noble institution as the Red Cross
Brilliant point. In the name of diversity and inclusion, they would have no objections... heck they'd be EAGER... if a Muslim choir sang an Islamic song that called for peace, happiness, and prosperity and gave the glory to Allah. (The 'tolerance' and 'education' pushers would fall upon the auditorium like a plague of locusts!) Yet in the name of diversity and inclusion, they're happily telling one particular group to stay home. Typical Leftists.
Part of the problem, I think, with these guys is that they are very focused on the current social trends of the various countries they work in. When your direction of the day is dictated by something that fickle, its no wonder they are in the trouble they are in.
There are a couple of minor nits that I have with this stuff too, like:
3. Safeguard the individual rights of every person in view of the principle that every human being has the right to live and enjoy the basic necessities of life;
As a fully-able'd individual, I don't have the right to even the "basic necessities of life" unless I am willing to work for them. People and organizations running around 'giving' these necessities to people may help in the short run, but they are killing people and countries in the long haul by making them dependent.
Hearts in the right place, but you have to use that thing above your neck too.
in #4 "...and taking preventive measures against various forms of social exclusion and vulnerability;"
then in #5 "..., paying special attention to the needs and rights of minorities. "
No exclusions....unless its someone from the mainstream or a religious group. I wonder too if the RC doesn't view religious groups as competition. If RC could tap into all those $$$ given every Sunday, man, they could really rule the world.
Just food for thought.
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I've got news for you:
The Red Cross was a pile of marxist Dog Turds long before Star Trek was a pipe dream in the tormented mind of little Gene Roddenbury.
Here is the email I sent off:
The Red Cross has done it again.
First you illegally convert hundreds of millions of dollars in donations for 9/11 survivors to you own pet projects. Did you ever account for the money your officers took?
High level corruption is the bane of our society. I have been a lawyer since the early 1980's. Rest assured, if I were the Attorney General, I would be prosecuting all of the Red Cross officials involved.
Now you refuse to allow students to sing the Lord's name or recite traditional words from the Declaration of Independence.
Outrageous!
When I lived just outside Orange County I donated whole blood as often as possible. I also slipped a couple of hundred to you as a donation.
Listen to this: Not one dime more will you receive from me. Ever! No more money.... Take a peek at the currency you greedily steal from charitable donations. It says 'In God We Trust' ..... when you cut off God, you cut off the support for your good work.
Signed: Outraged in Portland Oregon.
That's the best response I've yet heard!
Great point. Not to go off-topic, but in a similar vein, I decided to check out "Democratic Underground" today, so I logged in. After ten minutes and two posted messages, I was apparently banned for life. I didn't use any nasty language, just logic. The people at DU just can't handle the truth I suppose. Ironically, one of the threads was about right wing "Thought Police". Diversity apparently excludes anything conservative or Christian.
My mother is a nurse who was one of the volunteers honored at yesterday's event. In a phone conversation after the luncheon, she mentioned that the singing portion had simply been skipped; there were no replacement students or anything (even though it remained on the printed program, there being no time to reprint the program).
My mother also relayed the Red Cross' line on the issue: this was a manufactured controversy by conductor Cherilyn Bacon, who has political ambitions (she is or may be running for some office?) and who wanted to create an incident to get publicity. She did so by going to Fox News, which is well-known as being anti-Red Cross.
I am thinking of printing up signs for the blood drive tomorrow here at school...run by the Red Cross, urging people not to donate any money to the organization if asked due to the fact they have a double standard on excluding religion.
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