Red Cross being a bit over-protective?

[Bill]

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...

[Pesty]

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...

[Streps]

Sounds like someone had a power trip

[dmitsi]

I just read this story. What a ridiculous reaction.
Lost a bit of respect for an organisation who do so much good. Why did this even become an issue.

Probably down to one over zealous jobsworth.

[paulmurr]

I donate to the red cross, I am rethinking that now. My money being wasted on something so utterly pointless is actually rather depressing.

[Pesty]

if you do stop supporting them it may be helpful to let them know why.

[Tsippy]

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.

[Bill]

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

[Stu R]

Absolute joke. Hope someone loses their scalp for all that huffing and puffing - what good did they possibly think would come of it? Not like they're a sensitive brand requiring careful protection. Utter tosspieces.

[Tsippy]

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....

[Pesty]

yes that is definitely against the convention and she should take it off streight away.

[MX7]

Bill said:

I realise Glasgow can feel a bit like a warzone but can a panto break the Geneva Convention?

Oh no it can't.

Hard to believe it's real.

[mad4amanda]

MX7 said:

Bill said:

I realise Glasgow can feel a bit like a warzone but can a panto break the Geneva Convention?

Oh no it can't.
.

OH YES IT CAN !!!!

[Tsippy]

Post another pic then, we need to make it clear that nurse uniforms are evil

[ninja-lewis]

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

Remember that the Red Cross don't just work in warzones, they also operate in peacetime in countries otherwise hostile to foreign organisations (Burma and parts of Africa for example).

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.

[Bill]

Unauthorised use? Behave, it's a panto.

[shakotan]

I've just e-mailed the Chairman and the Chief Exec, and cc'd the Press Office, telling them what an arrogant and over-protective bunch of arses they've been.

My family have been pro-RC and donated heavily for years. Not anymore.

[Pesty]

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.

[BliarOut]

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.

I vowed never to give to the NSPCC again due to their Full Stop campaign.

[dandarez]

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.

I vowed never to give to the NSPCC again due to their Full Stop campaign.

Charity begins at home.

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.