I am just the messenger !!

You may have heard this terminology. For those of you who are not sure, I would like to explain the origins.
In the time of Julius Caesar, or other Caesars, whenever the Roman Military was involved in a war or battle, runners were employed to deliver news from the front.
The runners were stationed about 23 miles apart between Rome and the battle location.
Once an outcome could be discerned, the first runner would leave from the front with a scroll, carrying the news. He would pass the scroll to the next runner, and so on and so on, until the last runner carried it into Rome.
Caesar would usually await the last runner on the steps of the Forum. The runner, exhausted and fearful, would clambor up the marble steps, and hand the scroll to Caesar.
Caesar would open it and read it. If the news was good, the messenger would be feted, and spoiled with delicious food, soothing baths, and (I hope), soothing nubiles.
If the news was bad, the messenger was often executed on the spot.

Thus the term, 'don't shoot the messenger', or often 'I'm just the messenger (so don't blame me)'.
Also, while Caesar consulted Seers, (fortune tellers), he only liked to hear positive predictions. So any Seer who made negative predictions, might have his head lopped off.

In the case of Springtails, one need not be a clairvoyant, to see what is written on the wall.

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