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The Magen David Adom (Meaning "Red Shield of David" or "Red Star of David" uses this emblem:


The emblem is not recognized by the Geneva Convention.

But the ICRC was aware of the problems that the Cross and Crescent could be seen as religious symbols. Iran used the Lion with Sun from their national flag (in red) as symbol for their relief agency from 1924 until 1980. This symbol is recognized by the GC.

The so-called "Third Protocol Emblem" is a red crystal:



National relief agencies can use their own symbol inside the "crystal" when working abroad:

Here is a link to several examples from Wiki:

Red Crystal Flags


Just tell me, when to shut up

See ya,
vonSteuben

Lol let me revive this topic by saying, i think german pussies are the same as dutch, they also say miauw all the time.

On topic please!

Wow. You learn something new every day. I thought the Red Cross was an international symbol, (it is still an international organisation though.)
Makes sense though.

However, why do they have to be red? If you change the symbol is there any reason why you can't change the colour too?

Very interesting thread...considering that it was started half-jokingly, it's become remarkably intellectual.  I also didn't know the "red cross" symbol for first aid wasn't international, and can see why, if Israelis use a "red Star of David" and Middle East countries use a crescent, foreigners might interpret our use of a cross as proselytization for Christianity.

Anyhow, of those two kanji (Chinese characters) posted a little ways above, I recognize the second.  In Japanese it's "nao(su)" which roughly translates as "(to) repair or heal", and I'd assume in Chinese it has approximately the same meaning.  (I have no fucking clue as to the meaning of the first.)

All of this ultimately leads up to The Big Question, though.  Surely if I suffer a life-threatening injury in one of the above-mentioned countries, wouldn't it make more sense to have a single, internationally standardized symbol that I, in my traumatically injured state, can recognize as meaning "first aid"?  I mean, it doesn't have to be a cross, if it bothers Jews, Muslims, etc. so much, just so long as I recognize that it can save my life.

Nice - I started a thread that actually went somewhere...

And about the crystal - that could also become a EA way of making a statement that the possibility of unification of the medical forces is real...

A little political twist from EA's side - which probably will never happen...

Thanks vonSteuben for actually bothering to look all this info up and posting it - even though it was, potentially, putting you in flames way so to speak

Friluftshund wrote:

Nice - I started a thread that actually went somewhere...

Lol, i must say i also like the direction this thread is going too, thats the reason i tried to revive it again early this morning.

Btw i ve been looking for a good version of the geneva convention to make a little contribution to this topic. I found these 2 links with are probably good sources if you are interested in the geneva convention and human rights.

http://www.redcross.lv/en/conventions.htm#geneva (the short version)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention (the long version)

Last edited by General-Echo (2006-01-29 06:28:42)

baby turn around, and let meee see that sexy thread go: bump, bump, bump

So where should I email this suggestion to ?  Should I also post it into the official EA forums ?