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Originally Posted by sexobon
Religious dedication seems to creep in everywhere in one form or another. The Pontifical Swiss Guard provides armed bodyguards for the Pope and requires that their members have completed basic Swiss military training in good standing, be Catholic and take an oath of allegiance to the Pope.
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So, that explains it! The reason why about a dozen or so Swiss Guards in a largely ceremonial position don't run amok and kill busloads of children visiting the Vatican is because they're afraid a nun will rap them across the knuckles.
Works for me.
So what's the skinny on all the rest of the non-Catholic Swiss fondling their military issued weapons back home in the Alps?
dropped off since it was along the way, anyhow by a Navajo on the war path