We can compromise.
Place the six pointed star in the crescent instead of the five pointed star. There you have it... everyone happy!
LOL
Posted on 09/13/2005 11:03:35 AM PDT by Alouette
Idiot.
Highly eloquent response, perfectly refuting any point I made. I must bow to your superior logic -- should you state any.
bump!
...on the top of your head.
Just make it the Red Crescent of Embrace and sing kumbaya.
BTTT!
Just another example of the Muslims turning the world upside down and trying to make Israel a Pariah nation. Kudos to the American Red Cross for trying to stop them.
I can guarantee that Jews do not use their ambulances to smuggle weapons or terrorists. That is the act of the real Pariahs.
Typically appalling double standard. Have these nations learned none of the lessons of pre-World War II appeasement?
We can compromise.
Place the six pointed star in the crescent instead of the five pointed star. There you have it... everyone happy!
LOL
I refuse to state the glaringly obvious
If any Freeper donated to Katrina victims through the loathsome Red Cross, shame on you!
Obvious to imbeciles, or obvious in general? Or do you like the idea of the Red Cross using the religious symbols from hundreds of religions?
The 3-with-a-tail second from the right is the Hindi letter for "Om", which is a tone used in Hindu meditation and is usually recognized as a symbol for Hinduism.
As for the ships wheel, I don't know.
I'm not aware of any religions affiliated with the International Red Cross, though you're welcome to educate me. I suppose it will end when sovereign nations cease using the symbols of "new religions".
BTW, a clue as to why the MDA uses that symbol.
As you may have read, the Red Cross came from the Swiss flag inverted, not as a religious organization. Then the Muslims want their own because they don't like the cross. Now the Jews want their own as an official part of the Red Cross. Next the [insert religion here]. The Red Cross was good enough with just the cross.
No slight intended against the great work of Magen David Adom.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
That is the "dharma" another Hindu symbol.
Israel (not "The Jews" unless you're an anti-Semite who can't differentiate) has been using the Red Magen David longer than it has been a nation.
The one and only reason they are not allowed to join the IRC while other symbols are accepted is because they are a Jewish state.
BTW do you belong to the HOA in your neighborhood?
The fight for equal justice can be long and distressing. (sigh)
No, Israel, a secular state with 15 official religions and, yes, 80% Jewish, uses the symbol on their flag as the symbol of their Red Cross non-affiliate.
As to the Swiss cross being non-religious, I think you'll find the roots of the original usage in the 13th century are likely Christian, however that's a non issue.
You'll also find that the Magen David is a symbol used by numerous groups (you'll find it in European Churches), and wasn't really adopted as an informal Jewish symbol till the 18th and 19th centuries.
Clearly Israel doesn't want to "get along" with the cross and crescent, leaving the ball in the IRC's court.
As a matter of curiosity, just what countries do you think will be adopting objectionable symbols if the IRC recognizes Magen David Adom? A landslide the IRC won't be able to handle?
I think we both know that the decision has nothing to do with the threat of new symbol's, and everything to do with the fact that the majority Red Crescent members refuse to recognize the sovereignty of Israel.
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