Neutral crystal symbol may join traditional Red Cross emblems

[Taxloss]

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/20/wred20.xml

The Red Cross and its Islamic cousin, the Red Crescent, could soon be joined by a Red Crystal. The move is an attempt to create a neutral emblem in an age of growing religious strife, in which aid workers have been attacked and the Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad bombed.



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I associate the Red Cross with Switzerland more than Christianity, since it's based on the inverted Swiss flag, but the "crystal" looks quite smart.

This is, incidentally, not a concession to atheists - it's to bring the Israeli Red Cross in line with the international movement.

(PS can you imagine how freaked fundies will be to hear the Red Cross is being "replaced" with the "Red Square"?!)

[Az]

1. I really like this idea, but

I can't get the line "They're always after my lucky charms" outa my head.

[Kolesar]

2. No Wake

[progressoid]

3. Oh boy. That's gonna go over like ton of bricks.

Fundies and even middle-of-the-road xians will oppose this. In addition to the connection they will make between crystals and New Agers, they will say this is just another way we are taking god out of everything. :eyes:

Doesn't bother me.

[BiggJawn]

4. I've seen that "crystal" before....

Oh! I remember! It's on buoys that say stuff like "DANGER! DAM ZONE" and "NO WAKE"


And of course "SUBMERGED HAZARD"

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. It's about damn time

Can you imagine being a Red Cross worker in a foreign country that hates christians and having the cross on all your equipment, tents, vehicles, etc.?

I like the crystal design, but have to wonder what the fundies are going to think.

[Book Lover]

6. Too logical to succeed... (nm)

[FM Arouet666]

7. How about this sign.

Perhaps it would remind folks what is really needed.

Oh, and check out this nutty link, found it looking for the peace symbol.

http://www.nisbett.com/symbols/peace_sign.htm

[Goblinmonger]

9. Wow

that person needs to get a life :tinfoilhat:

[geniph]

10. That link is PRICELESS!

Those people need some serious antipsychotic medication! hahahahaha!!!

Read the page on the evil symbolism inherent in the wearing of earrings, particularly the second-to-last paragraph, in which he hypothesizes on the occult initiation of Chelsea Clinton:

http://www.nisbett.com/symbols/earrings.htm

I wonder where the page on nipple piercings and Prince Alberts is?

[geniph]

12. Oh, and don't miss the page on the Lion King

and its Satanic influences elsewhere on that Nisbett site.

Jeepers!

[arwalden]

8. It's The HOV-Lane Symbol

[geniph]

11. Hey! that's a Seattle bus!

What are you doing publishing pictures of my neck of the woods?

:hi: