# Semi-OT: Red Crystal - Ruby is taking off everywhere

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 10, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-ot-red-crystal-ruby-is-taking-off-everywhere/49919 "2005-12-10T03:03:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![phurley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@phurley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phurley)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-ot-red-crystal-ruby-is-taking-off-everywhere/49919/1 "2005-12-10T03:03:37Z")

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The Red Crystal flag is the new politically neutral emblem approved by  
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

> **[Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Crystal_flag)**
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> The emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, under the Geneva Conventions, are to be placed on humanitarian and medical vehicles and buildings, and to be worn by medical personnel and others carrying out humanitarian work, to protect them from military attack on the battlefield. There are four such emblems, three of which are in use: the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and the Red Crystal. The Red Lion and Sun is also a recognized emblem, but is no longer in use.
> There we...