decimation, roman in origin, a punishment. 1 in ten soldiers was randomly killed, encouraging the others to do better. Kind of Russian commissar style. In any case, if writing in this comment box does in fact decimate your ego, my apologies to the families of the 10% killed.
decimation, roman in origin, a punishment. 1 in ten soldiers was randomly killed, encouraging the others to do better. Kind of Russian commissar style. In any case, if writing in this comment box does in fact decimate your ego, my apologies to the families of the 10% killed.
ReplyDeleteI feel this was probably ARJAN who wrote that above comment.
ReplyDeletebut I cannot be sure.