The bear on the Bern (Switzerland) coat of arms will keep its penis despite pressure to remove it.
The bear on the Bern (Switzerland) coat of arms will keep its penis despite pressure to remove it.
The bear has always been depicted on official documents with a red phallus. In view of this tradition, the cantonal government believed that it was reasonable to continue to depict the bear in this way. Nor did it wish to conduct an online survey on the bear’s future appearance. In its view, such a survey would not be representative and would have little informative value.
Normally I’m pro-democracy but they make some good points here