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Visita
Interiora
Terra
Rectificando
Invenies
Occultum
Lapidem
Roughly it refers to seeking within the Earth for greater secrets (rather innaccurate as I am no Latin scholar, nor do I remember the full translation offhand), and this is allegory for "Know thyself". As to common usage, is is generally taken to mean "acidic", as Vitriol was used to describe certain reagents that were very good as reducing various forms down to baser structures. Vitriol came to be synonymous with "acid" as a result, and eventually was distilled to its' current meaning through natural evolution of language.
My opinions on weaponry are probably a safe assumption on your part, though I try not to make it obnoxiously clear here as it is assumed in general. This is the Weaponry forum after all.
There were a number of good natured jibes in my second post. I was trying to get the point across that I really wasn't flaming you and that you shouldn't take it seriously.
I can honestly understand an aversion to weaponry. They are scary things for some people because of the connotations that person notes when dealing with weaponry. I personally don't grok the idea, but then again I am unbothered by most inorganic inanimate objects. (I personally have an aversion to raw, bloody meat, thus the reason that I've never taken up on any of the many offers to go hunting)
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