Nosathro -> RE: How about Mandatory Drug Testing for Gun Licenses? (1/18/2013 12:20:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Nosathro In the Roman Empire, the first emperor Augustus provided the 'congiaria' or corn dole for citizens who could not afford to buy food "Corn Dole"? Really? Are you so totally unaware of history as to not realize that the ancient Romans never saw corn and therefore could have had no word for it? "congiaria" is a word that referrs to types of grain does not mean corn as we know it. Again if you have some problem with this take it up with Augustus, not me, I am only quoting him.[sm=rolleyes.gif] From the Oxford Dictionary Definition of corn noun [mass noun] 1British the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats: fields of corn Corn originated in the Americas and did not exist in the old world prior to the Spanish explorations just after the voyages of Columbus. To say that any latin word spoken by Augustus means 'corn' shows a severe lack of knowledge of the era. I thought you had multiple graduate degrees. What the hell are they IN? Wooden sword manufacture and fantasy literature? Well also shows you lack of comprehension...and I don't play with wooden swords, I perfer "Live Steel"
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