From The Register, February 29, 2008:
Swedes demand return of heraldic lion's todger
Nordic Battlegroup emasculated
Disgruntled Swedish heraldists are demanding the Nordic Battlegroup reconsider a decision to emasculate their crest's lion which has seen the rampant beast relieved of his todger.
For those of you not up to speed on the shock case of the leonine penis outrage, the unit's commander - Karl Engelbrektsson - last December ordered the chop "having read UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security", according to The Local.
In a decidedly non-military act of political correctness, Engelbrektsson decided he "did not consider the male appendage an appropriate symbol for his troops to wear into battle" since female civilians were often at the receiving end of sexual abuse in the world's war zones.
Accordingly, the offending member (see pre and post-op pic), was given its marching orders.
This has not gone down at all well with staff at the National Archives....
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