Delving into the Latin, I wonder what would happen if decimate were to be made literal once again - against treasonous folks. If all of the perpetrators of election or financial fraud were lined up, then could a pede restrain themself enough to only destroy every tenth person? Or would the temptation be too great?
Decimate was a collective punishment that only works on a certain kind of group with the idea that you want this group for something. All traitors need punishing and the survivors would just say whoopee!
The word you need is annihilate. Decimate is often used when Annihilate is meant. If you want ten Pedes to destroy 1/10th each, then I'd go along with that.
No, I know what each means. I brought it up because I picture a line after line of traitors, and every tenth one being dealt with in full view of the rest.
OK. You're the one in ten that understands the difference. Now I just disagree. The infection that is the left must be eliminated. I don't remember Jesus allowing any of the legion of demons to remain. He drove them all into the swine and the swine ran over a cliff.
Delving into the Latin, I wonder what would happen if decimate were to be made literal once again - against treasonous folks. If all of the perpetrators of election or financial fraud were lined up, then could a pede restrain themself enough to only destroy every tenth person? Or would the temptation be too great?
Decimate was a collective punishment that only works on a certain kind of group with the idea that you want this group for something. All traitors need punishing and the survivors would just say whoopee!
To my mind that would be like killing only every tenth cancer cell...
The word you need is annihilate. Decimate is often used when Annihilate is meant. If you want ten Pedes to destroy 1/10th each, then I'd go along with that.
No, I know what each means. I brought it up because I picture a line after line of traitors, and every tenth one being dealt with in full view of the rest.
OK. You're the one in ten that understands the difference. Now I just disagree. The infection that is the left must be eliminated. I don't remember Jesus allowing any of the legion of demons to remain. He drove them all into the swine and the swine ran over a cliff.