Travis, did you read the article or just post it? "Labour Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant wants to dump the Red Cross’ well-known logo because it is supposedly linked to the Crusades.
Forget the fact that the logo has been one of the world’s most identifiable symbols for more than 100 years. Bryant is quivering with fear that it may suddenly offend Muslims. And that, of course, simply will not fly in today’s politically correct world." The article then goes on to say that it is the reverse of the Swiss national flag and has nothing to do with the crusades. They are partially right. The International Red Cross was started in Geneva Switzerland in 1863. The flag of the city and the canton of Geneva is white with a red cross of equal length and width. It was chosen not for any religious reason but because it represented Geneva, the city of peace and neutrality. The Red Cross is not going to dump it, a British Minister wants to dump it. That is a far cry from the title of this thread, wouldn't you agree? The Swiss did not take part in the crusades either. They were smarter than that. Dik On Jun 20, 10:14 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM > > Red Cross to dump famous logo because it offends Muslims? > <http://shar.es/qe43> > Source: ihatethemedia.com > > <http://shar.es/qe43> > > -- > *~@):~{> > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
