Scottish elections

[Peter]

Lit, do you teach history or something?? You'd make a good teacher I bet.

"And that, children, is why Swedes are a bunch of pathetic pussies who deserve to get raped by every other country that would have them."

[Scrapheap]

Lit, do you teach history or something?? You'd make a good teacher I bet.

"And that, children, is why Swedes are a bunch of pathetic pussies who deserve to get raped by every other country that would have them."

  

[Litigious]

The worst thing is that that is true. 

[Scrapheap]

The worst thing is that that is true. 

You should redeem yourself and invade Finland then. 

[Litigious]

The thing with the King dressing in the uniform of Karl is actually a true story, and he had the high gentlemen helping him to take the uniform on(!) It was a great honour in those days to help a King to dress himself. The great Swedish-Finnish poet Runeberg has ridiculed the farce in a famous poem:

"You, Piper, will help Us to get on one of his gloves;
you, Lagerbring, treat the other one the same way thus.
Field-Marshal Toll, your age and honour make you worth,
to fasten around Our waiste his victorious sword."

 

[Litigious]

The worst thing is that that is true. 

You should redeem yourself and invade Finland then. 

Yes! And Norway! And Denmark! And the Baltic states!

[odeon]

Finland would kick Sweden's ass if the Swedes ever tried... 

[Peter]

Finland would kick Sweden's ass if the Swedes ever tried... 

And then rape said ass?

[odeon]

Finland would kick Sweden's ass if the Swedes ever tried... 

And then rape said ass?

We'd have to drink some Koskenkorva first, but sure, why not?

[keven]

Well that was fun reading.

[Calandale]

I was the best at my entire high school at history, according to my history teacher, but I haven't been a history teacher myself, though. 

Gustav IV Adolf actually thought that Napoleon literally was Antichrist and that he, Gustav Adolf, was a new Karl XII. Here's a picture of the King posing in Karl XII:s uniform for Field Marshal Toll, Count Piper and General Lagerbring. As you can see, they look a bit confused. 

A picture of the burning Moscow in 1812 as a little comfort in the misery. 

Is Charles XII viewed that well in Sweden? Seems like he more or less ruined the country's power,
and got little or nothing for it. I still think he's great, but not good for the country.

[Litigious]

I was the best at my entire high school at history, according to my history teacher, but I haven't been a history teacher myself, though. 

Gustav IV Adolf actually thought that Napoleon literally was Antichrist and that he, Gustav Adolf, was a new Karl XII. Here's a picture of the King posing in Karl XII:s uniform for Field Marshal Toll, Count Piper and General Lagerbring. As you can see, they look a bit confused. 

A picture of the burning Moscow in 1812 as a little comfort in the misery. 

Is Charles XII viewed that well in Sweden? Seems like he more or less ruined the country's power,
and got little or nothing for it. I still think he's great, but not good for the country.

No, he's not that well viewed, not today, but he was at that time, at least among the ruling classes. It's not politically correct to like him either, because not only did he ruin the country in the end, he also attacked other countries after they'd attacked Sweden. In a country where you're considered a schizophrenic idiot among your "peers" if you want to own a gun for self-protection, it of course is utterly wrong to invade Russia, even if Russia invaded Sweden first. Swedes are poor suckers.

[Litigious]

Finland would kick Sweden's ass if the Swedes ever tried... 

This is also very true, I believe. 

[Calandale]

No, he's not that well viewed, not today, but he was at that time, at least among the ruling classes. It's not politically correct to like him either, because not only did he ruin the country in the end, he also attacked other countries after they'd attacked Sweden. In a country where you're considered a schizophrenic idiot among your "peers" if you want to own a gun for self-protection, it of course is utterly wrong to invade Russia, even if Russia invaded Sweden first. Swedes are poor suckers.

Big deal about fighting Russia. It was the fighting in Poland, and the stupidity of
trying for dramatic actions that was ridiculous. Still, one has to admire a brave fool.

[Litigious]

No, he's not that well viewed, not today, but he was at that time, at least among the ruling classes. It's not politically correct to like him either, because not only did he ruin the country in the end, he also attacked other countries after they'd attacked Sweden. In a country where you're considered a schizophrenic idiot among your "peers" if you want to own a gun for self-protection, it of course is utterly wrong to invade Russia, even if Russia invaded Sweden first. Swedes are poor suckers.

Big deal about fighting Russia. It was the fighting in Poland, and the stupidity of
trying for dramatic actions that was ridiculous. Still, one has to admire a brave fool.

What should he have done? Just defended Sweden and then returned back home? Would they've left Sweden alone then? No. And I laugh about the thought that the cowards in charge today would even be able to do anything to stop the disaster.