Ow.....

Dec. 13th, 2007 08:26 pm
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Army castrates heraldic lion

"Protests from female soldiers have led to the Swedish military removing the penis of a heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms.

The armed forces agreed to emasculate the lion after a group of women from the rapid reaction force lodged a complaint to the European Court of Justice, Göteborgs-Posten reports.

But although the army was eventually happy to make the changes in the interests of gender equality, the artist who designed the insignia was less than pleased.

"A heraldic lion is a powerful and stately figure with its genitalia intact and I cannot approve an edited image," Vladimir A Sagerlund from the National Archives told Göteborgs-Posten.

Sagerlund blasted the army for making changes to the coat of arms without his permission.

"The army lacks knowledge about heraldry. Once upon a time coats of arms containing lions without genitalia were given to those who betrayed the Crown," said Sagerlund. "

Date: 2007-12-14 04:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zianuray.livejournal.com
Oh for Puck's sake.

Date: 2007-12-14 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fionnbharro.livejournal.com
Fo' shizzle my pizzle

By great Aslan's beard! :

Date: 2007-12-14 09:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlion.livejournal.com
Och they're both being sillyheads. One side's being oversensitive (and ignoring reality) and the other's happily reconning history.

I know! Have their lion wear pants, just like my icon's. (after all - it's already looking like it's wearing gloves....)

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