I see.

Schhhh

Don't anger the Finnsih!

Haha, I've actually been waiting for a "What if your country was invaded" thread just so I could use that image.

So make them a year older?  Change the age in the game and instruction booklet.

In Sweden it's 15 which is why this whole situation makes me lol... if 15 is old enough to have sex with a 40 year old man then... it should be fine for a 40 year old man to design a game where you look at 15 year olds (non nude)...

(NSFW) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_s6Cu32Fga4k/TL3_cMSQ7sI/AAAAAAAAGXk/J8hHpgyZa9k/s1600/welcome_to_sweden.jpg

while i don't understand how someone can find that appealing to see little girls or boys i would have to dissagree with you

I woudl think that keeping it in their head only versus playing games, watchign anime or reading manga or whatever it is that they do would be the worst thing to do.

i would guess that them watching or looking at their hidden desire through safe means like anime or comics is a good way to get it out fo their system and you don't end up with someone going out and harming REAL little girls and boys.

In all seriousness, what the heck actually happened to allow that to happen?

Mass Soviet incompetence. Remember that the Soviets lost more combat troops than anyone else in WWII, despite being one of the winners (and winning mostly under their own impetus. Certainly lend-lease aid from USA/UK helped, but it was mostly Soviet mobilization and gumption that got them through it)

You mean the winter war?

Soviets were incompetent and the finns were awesome and fought really hard, and they had this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä . To elaborate, the Soviet army was stuck way in the past with WW1 tactics, and the finnsish army was well trained and experienced from the finnish civil war (which occured after they broke free from tsar russia during the russian civil war). The finnish were very well equpped for winter warfare while the soviets were not. In the end, a peace was negotiated because the finnish were running out of supplies.

It's an interresting war to read about, you should look it up on wikipedia.

Many say that the winter war gave Hitler more confidence in his invasion plans of the Soviet Union, but it was also a huge wake up call for the red army which made efforts to modernize, which may have saved WWII for them.

Thanks for the information :)