“The Magical Adventures of Robin Hood”, currently being performed at the Glasgow Pavillion Theatre, are in trouble with the International Red Cross organisation. Specifically, they have contravened the Geneva Convention.
Some jobs-worth has dobbed the producers in to the authorities.
What, you may ask, has got the Red Cross all hot under the collar ? Apparently its the use of the Red Cross symbol
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on the uniform of Nurse Poultice, a character in the pantomime.
The following is a quote from a Red Cross spokesperson
“We have no desire to be the villains of the pantomime or to appear heavy-handed, but… the emblem is a special sign of neutrality and protection, recognised by all sides during armed conflicts.
“Misuse of that emblem – even when done in an innocent and light-hearted manner – has to be addressed. Repeated and widespread misuse of the Red Cross emblem could dilute its neutrality and its ability to protect.”
Well I’ve got news for you Mr. Spokesperson. “Mis-Use” of the emblem is rife in the UK kiddy community. For the princely sum of £2.99 you can go to a well-known internet retailer and obtain a nurses uniform that quite blatantly displays a red cross on the cap. Will the International Red Cross be sending “cease & desist” notices to all 3 -5 year olds who dare to flaunt their edicts.
And then there is Barbie. The little madam has even been known to don a nurses uniform, once again displaying the eponymous red cross logo. These items are widely available and I haven’t even mentioned the adult market place.
Yet the International Red Cross choose to go after a pantomime in Glasgow. Popular as it maybe with Jim Davidson top of the bill, the damage it would have done to the image of the Red Cross was negligible.
Until, that is, narrow-minded jobs-worths decided to stir up some unnecessary aggravation.
Presumably it is the same narrow mind that is being applied by ordering that ….. “Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops. Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems.”
It is time to take a long hard look at the way our society is slowly being ground down by this kind of thinking. Slowly but surely the fun is being squeezed out of Britain. Everything that makes us smile is being displaced by the politically correct brigade, turning us into a grey society.
WrAnTz 