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?
“Kill them all and let God sort them out.”
-some other based dude.
Not really pede. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedite_eos._Novit_enim_Dominus_qui_sunt_eius.
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?