Red Cross being a bit over-protective?
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I realise Glasgow can feel a bit like a warzone but can a panto break the Geneva Convention?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
Next target toy shops then?
or maybe they should just start with sainsburys
Quick call the cops
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/toys_and_game...
or maybe they should just start with sainsburys
Quick call the cops
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/toys_and_game...
Guam said:
I honestly though this was a Gag I was under the impression that clause was put in to prevent combatants pretending to be Red Cross workers for various covert reasons!!
You'd think so wouldn't you? According to Wiki:
The Geneva Conventions comprise rules that apply in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities, for example:
- wounded or sick fighters
- prisoners of war
- civilians
- medical and religious personnel
Pesty said:
Next target toy shops then?
or maybe they should just start with sainsburys
Quick call the cops
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/toys_and_game...
And the adult sex shops....or maybe they should just start with sainsburys
Quick call the cops
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/toys_and_game...
Bill said:
Guam said:
I honestly though this was a Gag I was under the impression that clause was put in to prevent combatants pretending to be Red Cross workers for various covert reasons!!
You'd think so wouldn't you? According to Wiki:
The Geneva Conventions comprise rules that apply in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities, for example:
- wounded or sick fighters
- prisoners of war
- civilians
- medical and religious personnel
I can see why they crack down on any unauthorised use because if they turn a blind eye in one case, it becomes harder to prosecute more serious breaches. Furthermore, the BRC need to be seen as setting an example. It's like our international obligations to clear land mines: we are supposed to clear land mines in the Falklands but as they're not hurting anyone, we'd much rather put our resources into clearing land mines that do pose a danger in Africa etc and thus sought dispensation in the past to put off clearing the Falklands. Meanwhile other signatories of the treaty (particularly the ones we want to see clearing land mines in their own countries) point to our failure to fulfil our responsibilities and ask why should they? Hence we've now started clearing land mines in the Falklands to stop undermining the whole treaty.
Incidentally the Red Cross sign belongs to the Armed Forces' medical services, with the British Red Cross being the only civilian organisation in the UK permitted to use the symbol by the MOD - you don't see the NHS using it for example. By the sound of it, the BRC got wind of the use of the red cross and simply sent out the standard letter asking people to use some other logo with leaflet explaining why. Had they (or rather the Government) actually prosecuted the theatre over the misuse that would've been a bit harsh but right now it seems a bit of a non-story.
ninja-lewis said:
[I can see why they crack down on any unauthorised use because if they turn a blind eye in one case, it becomes harder to prosecute more serious breaches.
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because its sill and they have been turning a blind eye since I was a boy why start now..
If I put a red cross on a van and drove to palestine I could see them getting a bit miffed but a panto?
Would anybody make teh conection with teh red cross if they saw an actor wearing one or would they just think oh look they are supposed to be a nurse.
Tsippy said:
Pesty said:
if you do stop supporting them it may be helpful to let them know why.
Agreed, I stopped donating to WWF based on their actions and so let them know why. If you don't tell them, they won't change.BliarOut said:
Tsippy said:
Pesty said:
if you do stop supporting them it may be helpful to let them know why.
Agreed, I stopped donating to WWF based on their actions and so let them know why. If you don't tell them, they won't change.Perhaps now even the British RC has become PC!
Nothing to do with Geneva Convention, all to do with control and of course, money, money, money.
Much changes because of £££s (to be made or taken or to promote a cause - ie climate change).
Take Barnardo's, never ceases to amaze me the amount of people who still think they are giving to children's homes.
Barnardo's hasn't had a children's home in over 20 years.
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