Red shirts in the news

[A beaker full of death]

Not to be an insensitive prick.... ok, who am I kidding...
but a headline over on www.cnn.com at the moment is proclaiming "Red Shirt leader shot during interview"
to which my immediate reaction was, "well, naturally!"

 

[Nero's Shadow]

Risky job been a redshirt !!!

 

[scotpens]

Maybe that's why fascist dictators tend to prefer black or brown.

 

[T'Girl]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/14/member-of-u-k-parliament-stabbed/?hpt=T2

British politician Stephen Timms (seen wearing a white shirt) was stabbed today, the report doesn't say what he was stabbed with.

Likely the attacker used her sharp British wit.

 

[Jeri]

"Stabbed with a white wench’s black eye." -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. ACT II Scene 4.

 

[Orcus]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/14/member-of-u-k-parliament-stabbed/?hpt=T2

British politician Stephen Timms (seen wearing a white shirt) was stabbed today, the report doesn't say what he was stabbed with.

Likely the attacker used her sharp British wit.

Yes, but his shirt would have been red afterward, wouldn't it?

 

[maryh]

More problems, even for the "red shirt" children:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100517/wl_time/08599198954300

This red shirt is a fool if he proposes a cease fire. We know he is history no matter what he offers:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100517/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_politics;_ylt=AnmJsItfQyUb_yCIMDatlVK9F4l4;_ylu=X3oDMTM5dGNrZmcyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTE3L2FzX3RoYWlsYW5kX3BvbGl0aWNzBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3RoYWlyZWRzaGlydA--

 

[Orcus]

You know, I ashamed to admit that when I watched the news and heard them referring to "red shirts" I didn't even make the connection...

 

[A beaker full of death]

^ Actually, that's probably a good sign. It's the rest of us who should be worried.