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| red cross tell staff take down nativity it might offend | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 14 2010, 02:34 PM (588 Views) | |
| KELTICBROTHER | Dec 14 2010, 02:34 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-152361/The-Red-Cross-bans-Christmas.html well red cross its offended me |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 02:39 PM Post #2 |
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that's the red cross off my christmas list,bunch of pc twats |
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| English Angel | Dec 14 2010, 02:39 PM Post #3 |
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this is a prime example of exactly what is wrong wrong wrong about this country now |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 02:43 PM Post #4 |
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'The Red Cross is a neutral organisation and we don't want to be aligned with any political party or particular philosophy,' a spokesman said. i cant see the christmas political party nywhere? never go in there again...boycott. |
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| infidel 9755 | Dec 14 2010, 02:44 PM Post #5 |
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what aload of fcuking bollax |
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| BaconBreakfast | Dec 14 2010, 02:47 PM Post #6 |
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Can't blame Muslims on this one, I personally never met one who objected to Christmas in charity shops. But for the Red Cross is pretty bizarre and shows a total lack of strength in their public relations department. Stocking Christmas cards, or Ramadan cards, or Channukah cards, or Divali cards doesn't mean you have to agree with a philosophy. Their PR team should have advised the Red Cross to stock cards from ALL faiths, that way it's all inclusive and nobody can reasonably be offended. Would get POSITIVE publicity not NEGATIVE publicity, and bottom line it would probably increase sales. This way it's just made me, and it seems a lot of other people, not want to visit a Red Cross shop. Stupidity knows no bounds... |
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| british_bulldog | Dec 14 2010, 02:53 PM Post #7 |
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OMG!!! i cant believe i just read that! damn, i get so bloody angry! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 02:56 PM Post #8 |
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and the red cross are teaching terry taliban first aid. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 02:57 PM Post #9 |
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Another step down the road has been taken.... |
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| squarepeg | Dec 14 2010, 02:58 PM Post #10 |
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WTF it's a red "cross" for a reason, and I'm not a Christian. |
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| Bob England | Dec 14 2010, 02:58 PM Post #11 |
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Sad to see this happening over and over again and we are supposed to just sit back and take it! They say they are doing it not to offend muslims, but what about us? What about the majority of the citizens of this country? Can they not see by doing this they are offending us big time! This doesn't do any good, all it does is instill hatred into people, the complete opposite of what these clowns think they are doing! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 03:01 PM Post #12 |
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but yet they still hold the red cross as a symbol???? what a load of bollox this is.islam and some moslems find the red cross more offencive than the nativity.its not the moslems what are doing this you know.its the extream athiest and the loony lefties.... they should have a ST.George flag at the side of the nativity....they go hand in hand..if people get offended tough sh1te...peole who work there get offended,except it or get a new job...stop all this madness.it makes me feel poorly/ill. keep the faith paxi
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| LAST STAND | Dec 14 2010, 03:02 PM Post #13 |
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Who are these 'officials'. Need fcuking naming and shaming! Idiots. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 03:04 PM Post #14 |
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they are probably harry potter fans along with narnia...they live in a fcukin dream world... keep the faith paxi
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| johnny t | Dec 14 2010, 03:04 PM Post #15 |
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I used to donate to the red cross,no skin off my nose i just wont donate anymore to them,and im sure plenty of others will do the same and hopefully they will fcuk off somewhere else looking for donations |
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| Dangerous Dave | Dec 14 2010, 03:06 PM Post #16 |
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The teachings from Islam are that you should respect other faiths. hmmm... thats not what ive heard
Edited by Dangerous Dave, Dec 14 2010, 03:07 PM.
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"Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society" -Aristotle | |
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| KELTICBROTHER | Dec 14 2010, 03:07 PM Post #17 |
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theres some shops in brum .i think that are aligned to red crescent.the muslim charity.next time there is a muslim festival i shall go and see if they have got anything going on concerning it .and if so i shall complain to the stupid red cross |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 03:10 PM Post #18 |
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No-one should be giving any money to the "Red Cross". It is a deeply hypocritical organisation. When they distribute aid to muslim countries, the aid is in containers marked with a red crescent. So muslims think the aid comes from other muslims (because they won't take aid from christians - rememeber "do not take the jews and christians as your friends"). The Red Cross is not even known as that. It is called "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent" societies. If you download their annual accounts for the past few years you will see that despite 30% of the world being muslim, only 1% of the donations to the Red Cross/Red Crescent comes from muslim countries. Even non-christian/non-muslim countries donate more money than the muslims. Usually Singapore gives as much as all the oil states combined. When the Red Cross charity collectors are in a muslim part of Britain they show a Red Crescent sign. If a non-muslim opens their front door, the collector quickly swivels the sign round. I say: give your charitable donations to an organisation that is is not fundamentally hypocritical and deceitful. |
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| BaconBreakfast | Dec 14 2010, 03:13 PM Post #19 |
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Make your feelings known, but remember be civilised about it! British Red Cross - Contact details Link to BRC Media centre: http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Media-centre Press office hours: 09:00 - 18:00 Monday - Friday Out of office hours (emergency only): +44 (0)7659 145095 Email: press@redcross.org.uk Press office Becky Webb Senior media relations officer Features desk Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7039 Email: BWebb@redcross.org.uk Penny Sims Senior media relations officer Forward planning Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7044 Email: PSims@redcross.org.uk Henry Makiwa Media relations officer Features desk Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7479 Email: HMakiwa@redcross.org.uk Laura Hinks Media relations officer Features desk Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7524 Email: LHinks@redcross.org.uk Mark South Media relations officer News desk Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7042 Email: MSouth@redcross.org.uk Forward planning and special projects Heron Holloway Fundraising communications manager Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7520 Email: HHolloway@redcross.org.uk Public affairs and public relations Head of department Adrian Thomas Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7046 Email: AThomas@redcross.org.uk Public relations manager David Piner Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7047 Email: DPiner@redcross.org.uk Administrator Nadia Gattan Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7049 Email: NGattan@redcross.org.uk Public affairs advisor Daniel Rubio Tel: +44 (0)20 7877 7051 Email: DRubio@redcross.org.uk National media Newsdesk: +44 (0)20 7877 7042 / 7039 Features desk: +44 (0)20 7877 7039/ 7524/ 7479 Forward planning and special projects: +44 (0)20 7877 7044 / 7045 Public relations and high-profile supporters: +44 (0)20 7877 7047 Public affairs: +44 (0)20 7877 7051 Advocacy +44 (0)20 7877 7046 Regional media South East of England: +44 (0)20 7877 7464/ 7463 Wales and the West of England: +44 (0)117 301 2624 North of England: +44 (0)1565 650 201 Scotland: +44 (0)141 891 4000 Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man: +44 (0)28 9024 6400 Politicians and researchers can email us at publicaffairs@redcross.org.uk |
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| Jamman | Dec 14 2010, 03:18 PM Post #20 |
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That is the last penny they get out of me or my family how much more tripe do we have to put up with. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE |
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| BaconBreakfast | Dec 14 2010, 03:23 PM Post #21 |
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| LAST STAND | Dec 14 2010, 03:30 PM Post #22 |
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I choose very carefully where any charitable money i donate goes and have in the past bought items from the Red Cross. This will never happen again!!! |
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| General Pershing | Dec 14 2010, 03:31 PM Post #23 |
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Fcuking UNBELIEVABLE!! |
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| LAST STAND | Dec 14 2010, 03:48 PM Post #24 |
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My E mail...... Just a quick mail to let all you 'officials' at The Red Cross know that i shall shortly be organising a fundraising event in which i hope to raise enough money to pay for a surgeon to reconstruct you all with a BACK BONE! Your stance on Christmas i find to be totally pathetic, which is also my impression of you so called 'officials'. Happy Chritmas to all. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 03:55 PM Post #25 |
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Red Cross gives first-aid training to Taliban fighters Taliban insurgents fighting against British and American forces in Afghanistan have been given first-aid training and supplied with medical kits by the Red Cross. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7765606/Red-Cross-gives-first-aid-training-to-Taliban-fighters.html |
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| rita.ar | Dec 14 2010, 04:13 PM Post #26 |
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they shld certinaly be forced to remove the word 'british' from their name if this is their approach |
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| Capt Haddock | Dec 14 2010, 04:18 PM Post #27 |
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Red cross? Sounds like RED TOSS more to me! Happy Christmas PS they've been at it for years. |
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| RMB | Dec 14 2010, 04:23 PM Post #28 |
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Apparently "Multicultural" = No culture The fcuk is wrong with people today. It's the red - fcuking- cross. IT IS CHRISTIAN. Much like the red crescent IS ISLAMIC. |
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| ironshanks | Dec 14 2010, 04:30 PM Post #29 |
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Homo sapian was right. I will boycott the red cross from now on. |
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| Capt Haddock | Dec 14 2010, 04:42 PM Post #30 |
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| dozyuk | Dec 14 2010, 04:59 PM Post #31 |
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Thanks for that list of E-Mail addresses actanonverba, I have just sent this to all names on the list: Dear Red Cross, I regularly support 3 charities in this country, they are: British Heart Foundation, Royal National Lifeboat Institute and the Red Cross. However, I have just read the Daily Mail article entitled: The Red Cross bans Christmas. Now I could spend a lot of time trying to explain my feelings about your disgraceful 'politically correct' decision, but with your mean minded attitude, feel that I would be wasting your time. So I will be withdrawing my support for your charity forthwith. Merry Christmas. Homo sapien and you are right, but I urge you to drop them an E-Mail and let them know they have lost your support. Edited by dozyuk, Dec 14 2010, 05:03 PM.
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| BaconBreakfast | Dec 14 2010, 05:07 PM Post #32 |
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Please post if you receive any responses to the 'Red Cross Christmas Ban' protest e-mails. Interesting to see what they say?
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| dozyuk | Dec 14 2010, 05:09 PM Post #33 |
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First one back: I will be back in the office on Thursday the 30th of December 2010. If you have any urgent media inquiries please contact press@redcross.org.uk, for out of hour please contact 07659 145095. Thanks, Nadia She must be on her Christmas holidays, sorry - couldn't resist |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 05:20 PM Post #34 |
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Homo sapien and you are right, but I urge you to drop them an E-Mail and let them know they have lost your support.[/quote]I have far grander plans than that. The temp who will respond to your email will not know (and will probably not care) about the argument I outlined above. We should be having an EDL demo outside the Red Cross head office in Britain with leaflets and an information pack. We should shame them into admitting their practise. When I've confronted Red Cross employees about this before they did not know and did not care. |
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| dozyuk | Dec 14 2010, 05:31 PM Post #35 |
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Just in, Thank you very much for your email, which I just read with great concern, and thank you for your support of the British Red Cross - as I'm sure you are aware we rely on donations from people such as yourself to be able to carry out our work in the UK and around the world. I am happy to be able to reassure you that the Red Cross has not, nor has it ever, "banned Christmas". The Daily Mail article you have read, while unfortunately and misleadingly continuing to run online today, is in fact eight years old. It is not the case that our retail shops have been instructed not to celebrate Christmas. Indeed, many of our shops are decorated in the festive spirit and we also sell Christmas cards. However, it is the case that the Red Cross is not a political or religious organisation. This neutrality means that we can reach and help people in need whoever and wherever they are, unconditionally. Often we provide help in countries that other organisations cannot or will not work in. We cross front lines in times of war to help conflict victims and visit prisoners of war on both sides. We can only do this life-saving work because we are understood to be a completely neutral, independent organisation. Put simply, our neutrality saves lives. We can't let people in need down by compromising our neutrality. That is why we do not align ourselves with any particular political cause or religious creed anywhere in the world. And that is why we do not have any items of a religious nature in our shops. As you can see, this is nothing whatsoever to do with “offending non-Christians”, it is to uphold our vital neutrality. We respect the fact that for many people in Britain, Christmas is a holy time. Equally we recognise that for many others, Christmas is a time for remembering those without the support of family, the joy of friendships or the help of strangers. I hope this explanation allays your concerns and that you will be able to continue to support us in our vital work to help vulnerable people in crisis in the UK and across the world. I wish you a Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2011. Well, that answers that, non religious neutrality. |
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| Kal-El | Dec 14 2010, 05:38 PM Post #36 |
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Direct Debit cancelled! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 14 2010, 06:01 PM Post #37 |
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they are helping terry taliban learn first aid and giving them first aid kits, so more survive, and as a consequence can go back to planting IED and fighting our boys. who cares about a nativity when they could be indirectly responsible for the death of our servicemen. |
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| constantine | Dec 14 2010, 07:54 PM Post #38 |
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I first heard about this three or four years ago when the red cross said that they were banning christmas goods for fear of offending the ragheads, sorry, muslims!! either way it is enough for me to know that they align themselves with red crescent who, by the way, will only give aid to muslims and actually ask who is and who isn't ! tonight I will write to my local red cross shop telling them of what I think of their stance of being neutral and I certainly will send an email. |
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| williamdegriffin | Dec 14 2010, 07:59 PM Post #39 |
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just gets dafter by the day |
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This land is mine and as such respect me and my ways for my tolerance only goes so far william de griffin REGAIN THE CHURCH REMOVE ISLAM FROM THE UK AND EUROPE. | |
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| 666paul | Dec 14 2010, 09:14 PM Post #40 |
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E-mail sent. |
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| 666paul | Dec 15 2010, 06:45 PM Post #41 |
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Thank you for your email. The British Red Cross is, and has always been, a secular organisation that is removed from both politics and religion. It is this separation that allows the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to help people in desperate need every day of the year. In war zones we are entrusted with a unique role - visiting prisoners of war and crossing front lines to tend to the wounded, whichever side they are on. To do this safely and effectively, it is vital that people know we are not, and never have been, a religious or political organisation. We have never asked our volunteers not to use 'Christmas' in their window displays. On the contrary, we actively encourage them to decorate our shops for Christmas. All we ask is that they do not display overtly religious items, as we must retain neutrality. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain our position. Many thanks, Information Resources British Red Cross www.redcross.org.uk Well our local Red Cross Branch has a few balloons and some tinsel decorations that's it. |
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| Caractacus | Dec 23 2010, 09:17 PM Post #42 |
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what a load of bollox, wtf is this red crescent? secular my arse! would you mind if I used your email as a reference in the email id like to send them paul? |
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| Irish_Kid | Dec 23 2010, 10:58 PM Post #43 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8127754.stm http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Calais-Immigrant-Jungle-To-Be-Destroyed-Immigrant-Camp-To-Be-Clear-Frances-Eric-Besson-Says/Article/200909315383222 Why do the filthy red cross scum support overcrowding of our country. its time for charity to begin at home. No foreign aid. just time to take care of our own people!! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=125191959561&v=info << a facebook group who support them scum who wants to live in our country. When will our troops be home from foreign lands to take out the illegal immigrants in our country!!! Its also time for france to take out the illegals in Calais. its time for the french troops to guard the areas which are full of immigrants wanting to go to our country. I would never ever donate a penny to the red cross. Time to take care of our own people!!! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 23 2010, 11:06 PM Post #44 |
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I know there are other issues raised about this in posts, but I went past one of their shops today and the window was full of Christmas stuff. Also, cards advertised in the window with Jesus on them. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 24 2010, 12:41 AM Post #45 |
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How is the Red Cross stopping christians from celebrating an important part of their religion? |
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| Deleted User | Dec 24 2010, 12:49 AM Post #46 |
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You're right. Please disregard my other post. |
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| lancastrian | Dec 24 2010, 12:50 AM Post #47 |
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Exactly |
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