Re: OT: art and language and THE DAVINCI CODE

BP Jonsson scripsit:

> Well, Swedes generally have no problem with the romantic view of
> Gustavus Wasa as an honest and heroic "man of the people"
Distortions of character are one thing:  all popular history is full
of that.  But a movie that portrayed him traveling around in Viking
longboats and going into battle with axes and horned helmets?  Or sleeping
with Queen Elizabeth of England?  Feh.

> he was in fact a high-ranking nobleman with a knack for manipula-
> tion and dictatorial traits that would put him on a par with a
> Stalin or a Saddam.
Come, come.  He committed no massacres.

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