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personally i feel bad for these boys so sometimes give them rides
And you are thereby encouraging them to do it again.
My personal rule is that in the city where public transportation is available, I don’t pick up anyone whom I (or a member of my family) doesn’t know personally.
The Wolf
At the risk of sounding silly, let me ask you to qualify your statement:
Yidden are the absolute best WHAT?
The Wolf
That’s would a laugh, if it weren’t so serious. WAKE UP!!! If she doesn’t stop immediately, it may be too late.
Cherry… you may (sight unseen) disagree with my statement – but please don’t laugh about my mother’s medical condition. I didn’t bring it up for your amusement.
She is well aware of the risks of smoking. She knows what it is doing to her. She has tried on multiple occasions to stop. Every single one of her children and grandchildren want her to stop — and she knows it. And yet, for whatever reason, she cannot. I’m very glad that you have been able to overcome this, and I hope that she gains the same chizzuk that you had.
That being said, you can’t take someone with my mother’s medical history (of which you know nothing) and just toss another drug (Zyban) into the mix without first consulting with her numerous physicians. If you don’t trust me on this, well… I don’t know what to tell you.
The Wolf
My wife worked for a chesed organization when she was single. She didn’t get her paycheck at the end of the month. When she inquired about it, she was told that there was no money available. When she asked when it would be available, she was told that since it’s a tzedakah organization, she should deduct this payment off of her current or future maaser money. Needless to say, she quit right then and there.
That’s outright theft! Not only would I have quit, I would have called them in to a din Torah or to court.
The Wolf
Rav Eliyashev holds that dina dmalchusa dina does not apply on issues of ben adam lchaveiroi
So, Rav Eliyashev would allow insider trading*? He has no problem if I photocopy someone’s sefer (which I bought legitimately) and start selling it on the street for 50% off?
The Wolf
* Using inside information may be unethical in a fair market, but it’s not stealing.
<i>Someone cannot prevent the dissemination of Torah.</i>
And yet, that flies right in the face of the historical data that we have. Rabbonim *have* granted copyrights and monopolies on Torah content in the past.
The Wolf
Yoshi,
I don’t know if she has or not. Unfortunately, my mother has a host of medical issues which might prevent her from taking it. I’ll mention it to her, however. I know she *wants* to quit… but is just physically unable to do so.
The Wolf
My mother is a heavy smoker and has been so for over forty years. She knows that it is bad for her… but she has a physical addiction that is very hard to break. You can tell her from here to tomorrow that it is against halacha, but in this case, the physical addictions acts as a VERY strong ta’aivah. She’d love to quit… but she just can’t.
Josephf — so then I assume that a mechaber sefer would have no complaints against me if I copied his sefer in a country where copyrights are not recognized?
In any event, the idea that rabbonim allow willy-nilly copying is certainly not true. In the past they have recognized the need for protection of people who put efforts into work. For example, very often, if a printer put out a new edition of Shas, the rabbis of the area would protect his work by granting him the exclusive rights to print a Shas in the area for a term (usually 25 years or so). They understood that if this were not done, no one would invest the time and effort into producing new sefarim. The same could be said for almost any intellectual property.
The Wolf
(As a side point, ripping the files to your MP3 player is not the same thing as distributing the files to others for their use. The producers of CDs expect you to rip the file to your MP3 player… they know you’re not going to purchase a second CD for that purpose alone. In addition, if it’s on your MP3 player, it’s still for your personal use. That’s a long way from copying it for others.)
The Wolf
How about just not doing it because it’s not an ehrlich thing to do?
Seriously. Put aside copyright for a moment. Put aside whether it’s halachically permitted for a moment. Just ask yourself this question — if the situation were reversed, and you spent a lot of time, money and effort creating a CD, DVD, book, etc., would you want people to copy and redistribute it for free to everyone and their brother?
The Wolf