Swedish Army castrates lion in response to complaints from female recruits.

[ohiosmith]

Army castrates heraldic lion
Published: 13 Dec 07 12:34 CET


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.

more: http://www.thelocal.se/9398

[datasuspect]

1. sweden has an army?

[SacredCow]

3. Who knew?

:shrug:

[ohiosmith]

4. Seven of the baddest mofos you'd ever want to meet.

[datasuspect]

5. with long hair and a minimalist sensibility where it concerns furnishings

[Critters2]

7. With too much time on its hands, apparently. nt

[ThomCat]

2. Given that they left the mane

you know it's a male lion. I think it's kind of silly to remove the penis. It's an heraldlic lion, not porn.

:shrug:

Just my $0.02.

[SacredCow]

6. Actually, they're going to change the entire uniform.....

Here's a peek....





or maybe....