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Re:Yahoos Bristle at Mayer’s New QPR Ranking System and “Sil... by brimanning on Friday November 08, 2013 @05:05PM (#6699451)
Not that it's quite the same, but I can't help thinking of decimation in the Roman sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)

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Re:Yahoos Bristle at Mayer’s New QPR Ranking System and “Sil... by VladRussian2 on Friday November 08, 2013 @05:17PM (#6699511)
the main difference :)

" The leadership was usually executed independently of the one in ten deaths of the rank and file"

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Re:Yahoos Bristle at Mayer’s New QPR Ranking System and “Sil... by 001sky on Friday November 08, 2013 @05:30PM (#6699563)
Now don't start giving them any more ideas !
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