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minus-squaremvilain@fedia.iocakelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 days agoIt’d be better if Pope Leo deputized and trained additional Vatican Guards and deployed them at various locations. Also a priest.
minus-squarealtasshet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoSwiss Guards are active duty Swiss military iirc. Deployng them could be… Problematic on many levels.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThey appear to just have to have undergone Swiss basic training (and be catholic Swiss men of a certain age and height)
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 days agoPolice in riot gear with pepper guns and gas grenades vs Swiss Guards in blue, red and yellow with halberds. 🤘
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 seconds agoA halberd would be very effective in a violent protest situation but it would definitely paint a bigass target on the wielder.
minus-squareYerLam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoArm them with lacrosse sticks instead?
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoI’ve done this in CIV and it didn’t work out that well…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoBecause Gandhi showed up and nuked everyone?
It’d be better if Pope Leo deputized and trained additional Vatican Guards and deployed them at various locations. Also a priest.
Swiss Guards are active duty Swiss military iirc. Deployng them could be… Problematic on many levels.
They appear to just have to have undergone Swiss basic training (and be catholic Swiss men of a certain age and height)
Ha, thanks for the correction.
Police in riot gear with pepper guns and gas grenades vs Swiss Guards in blue, red and yellow with halberds. 🤘
A halberd would be very effective in a violent protest situation but it would definitely paint a bigass target on the wielder.
Arm them with lacrosse sticks instead?
I’ve done this in CIV and it didn’t work out that well…
Because Gandhi showed up and nuked everyone?