History Trivia Thread Reducks

[Sheilbh]

No to all those; and unless I'm mistaken Louis XVI did not die of disease or natural causes--having been publicly beheaded.

On January 21st, no less.   

Oooh.  Didn't he have a condition anyway?  A very tight foreskin or something that made sex very uncomfortable.

[AnchorClanker]

No to all those; and unless I'm mistaken Louis XVI did not die of disease or natural causes--having been publicly beheaded.

On January 21st, no less.   

Oooh.  Didn't he have a condition anyway?  A very tight foreskin or something that made sex very uncomfortable.

That seems to ring a bell...

[OttoVonBismarck]

Anyway, Brain was close, but the answer is Louis XV.

Apparently there was a certain Madame du Barry who was known to find young, sometimes pre-pubescent girls for Louis XV to bang. In one rumored incident Louis caught sight of a young girl while on a trip, and unable to control himself, viciously raped her (she apparently was severely injured.) However, she had smallpox which Louis caught and later died from.

We know for a fact he died of smallpox, the rest has always just been rumor/legend; possibly trumped up in the post-monarchy period to highlight the depravity of the Bourbons, but it's also entirely possible it was true.

That leaves the floor open.

[Ideologue]

No to all those; and unless I'm mistaken Louis XVI did not die of disease or natural causes--having been publicly beheaded.

On January 21st, no less.   

Oooh.  Didn't he have a condition anyway?  A very tight foreskin or something that made sex very uncomfortable.

Some have suggested that he had phimosis (unretractable foreskin), as well as, more speculatively, a glandular disorder which delayed puberty, explaining why he didn't care much about fucking Kirsten Dunst and therefore dallied in submitting to a circumcision to fix his problem.  There's an article about it in a 2002 volume of Progres en Urologie.

[mongers]

24 hour rule ?


If so, which was the last place ruled by the British crown to use conscription for its' military force ?

[Eddie Teach]

24 hour rule ?


If so, which was the last place ruled by the British crown to use conscription for its' military force ?

Yi rule? 

[mongers]

24 hour rule ?


If so, which was the last place ruled by the British crown to use conscription for its' military force ?

Yi rule? 

We did away with the Yi rule, besides this place has never been part of the United Kingdom, my country, hint there. 

[Ideologue]

Australia.

[mongers]

Australia.

Nope

[ulmont]

We did away with the Yi rule, besides this place has never been part of the United Kingdom, my country, hint there. 

US the last holdout?

[Eddie Teach]

As there's a fair number of African countries who still have it, I assume he meant while they were under Britain.

[Razgovory]

As there's a fair number of African countries who still have it, I assume he meant while they were under Britain.

Yeah, I'm not sure what he talking about. What exactly is meant by "ruled by the British crown".  He needs to clarify the question.  I'm guessing it's some place like Belize.

[mongers]

As there's a fair number of African countries who still have it, I assume he meant while they were under Britain.

Yeah, I'm not sure what he talking about. What exactly is meant by "ruled by the British crown".  He needs to clarify the question.  I'm guessing it's some place like Belize.

Nope, and I'm using the words "british crown" for a reason. 

Just to clarify, the date of independence of the places you might be guessing is the cut off point. Once they're independent then if they continue to have conscription or reintroduce it isn't relevant, independence would be the last possible date for that country as regards this question.

[Admiral Yi]

The UK?

[mongers]

The UK?

Nope.

I'll give you the answer as I'm going out for a while. 

It's the british crown colony of Bermuda and the date is ... today, Bermuda still has a policy of raising recruits for the Bermuda Regiment by conscription, more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Regiment

The majority of the Regiment is made up of conscripts, making it unique among all of the land forces still under the British Crown. Conscription is based on a random lottery of men through the ages of 18 to 23, with exemptions granted to Police and Prison officers, members of the British regular forces (or men who have served for two years), church ministers, prisoners or those who have been judged to be of "unsound mind". Temporary deferment is granted for full-time students (attending either the Bermuda College or schools abroad), for the length of their studies, and individuals currently medically unfit but likely to become fit again. Conscientious objectors have the opportunity to either serve in a non-combatant role or perform an alternative community service chosen by the Governor.

This practice (of conscription) is frequently criticised by both Bermudians and aware foreigners, particularly for its sexism and its similarity to slavery (a sensitive issue given the historic background of Bermuda), and has been noted in the British Parliament.[3] It receives support from the community, however, and is hailed for causing interaction between social and racial groups. A recent Bermuda Supreme Court decision has upheld that conscription is a lawful process, as presently administered by the Defence Department, although it required an earlier Supreme Court decision in 1995 to establish conscientious objection on an equal basis with that obtaining in Britain during conscription. Moral issues aside, however, this leaves the force dependent on the qualities of senior officers,[citation needed] whereas similar units – the British Army, in particular, upon which the Regiment is modelled – emphasise the initiative of junior members.