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 Re: 2008 List of Banished Words
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 18,825
"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
Joined: Jan 2005
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'Decimate' was actual a descriptive punishment in the Roman Legions. If a Legion had been cowardly or otherwise unfaithful, the entire unit would be punished by eliminating (executing) or scourging every tenth man in line after forming up regardless of the individual's own role or non-role in the reason for the punishment.
Yeah, they had the same exact policy when I worked at Computer Associates... 
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