[ANSTHRLD] FW: Real world Heraldic Emergency

[Tomas Niallagain]

Yet more proof that the EU countries have actually surrendered their
soverignty.

Tomas

On Dec 16, 2007 2:36 PM, Robert Fitzmorgan <fitzmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I tend to agree with your feelings, but the suit was filed in a EU court
> which trumps  a national court.  And in the EU Political Correctness
> trumps
> common sense every time.
>
> Robert
>
> On Dec 16, 2007 11:36 AM, <radei at moscowmail.com> wrote:
>
> > this is a typical example of Bigotry founded of Ignorance being pandered
> > to in the name of "Political Correctness".
> >
> > The complaint should have met with instruction as to the nature of the
> > meaning of the charge.  In many countries the Insignia of the Armed
> Forces
> > may only be changed by Law<Parliment, Congress, the Royal Person, of the
> > Royal Herald>.  I am suprised Sweden is not one of them.
> >
> > BCC: To those I feel may have interest in this subject.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Robert Fitzmorgan" <fitzmorgan at gmail.com>
> > > To: heralds <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > > Subject: [ANSTHRLD] FW: Real world Heraldic Emergency
> > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:40:12 -0600
> > >
> > >
> > > Army castrates heraldic lion
> > > Published: 13 Dec 07 12:34 CET
> > > Online: http://www.thelocal.se/9398/
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > But the castrated lion has already won the day and is now worn on the
> > arms
> > > of all soldiers in the battle group's Swedish battalions.
> > >
> > > "We were given the task of making sure the willy disappeared,"
> Christian
> > > Braunstein from the army's 'tradition commission' told
> Göteborgs-Posten.
> > >
> > > "We were forced to cut the lion's willy off with the aid of a
> computer,"
> > he
> > > added.
> > >
> > > The Nordic Battlegroup is one of eighteen such military groups in the
> > > European Union. Some 2,000 of its 2,400 soldiers come from Sweden,
> with
> > the
> > > rest coming from Finland, Norway, Ireland and Estonia.
> > >
> > > --
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> >
> >
> > Joy
> > Radei
> >
> > "Christmas is just plain weird -  What other time of year do you sit in
> > front of a dead tree in the livingroom and eat candy out of your socks?"
> > -  J. Wagner
> >
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