tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post1593843213476054808..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Land Mines: Bor or Eish?Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-13356050776439859452009-02-22T20:24:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:24:00.000-06:00Then of course we get into the issue of whether or...Then of course we get into the issue of whether or not the gentleperson embedding the land mine was mafkir it - viz. the machlokes Rav and Shmuel. You can't tell me it's shor!. And if it's only bor, there is no chiyuv for humans, at least for misah.<br>By the way, compared to tetrodotoxim, with an LD50 of about 10 microgram/kg by injection, botulinum toxin is far more effective, with an LD50 estimated to be about 1 nanogram/kg. But people will gladly use it for cosmetic purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-8858607911253271782009-02-22T14:53:00.000-06:002009-02-22T14:53:00.000-06:00Micha, it takes a little hachana and koved rosh to...Micha, it takes a little hachana and koved rosh to begin posting on your estimable server. Give me some time.<br><br>Anonymous, being so specific makes ME nervous about you. What about Ricin? Or LSD? Or both, for a last, good farewell party?<br><br>Of course it's a grama! But who cares? Every bor is grama, and you're chayav anyway. And I still say that it might be eish; even though it is activated by the victim, it is essentially bottled eish, released by a stumble; and Eish, we pasken like R'Y, is meshum chitzav. Now, I don't know if the Nimukei Yosef's (all results are done at the moment of setting the fire) will work here, but the NY is not the last word.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-76279932462418332402009-02-22T14:04:00.000-06:002009-02-22T14:04:00.000-06:00Consider the possibility of a land mine being gram...Consider the possibility of a land mine being gramah in any case, since it requires the action of the victim to activate. No different than dumping 100 gallons of tetrodotoxin into a local reservoir. (I hope that last line doesn't get this blog into trouble with the NSA monitors)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-88454877795478115312009-02-22T06:19:00.000-06:002009-02-22T06:19:00.000-06:00Aish, like a cheitz, moves. A land mine, like a bo...Aish, like a cheitz, moves. A land mine, like a bor, only strikes exactly where you left it.<br><br>I would suggest a RSShkop-style sevara: If you release something into the greater world and do not consider the possibility of intended consequences, you are more culpable.<br><br>-micha<br><br>PS: The guys at Avodah would love this. Go to the archive and search for "VIDC" (vos iz der chiluk)Michahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com