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It worked for my father when he went to the draft board during the Vietnam draft. The Draft Board said, Sir, do you realize your cholersterol level is dangerously high? No, he said (after having taken the measures the preceding number of days to make sure it was too high), I had no idea. Well you better see a doctor immediately sir, you are unfit to serve in the Army.
What’s a CO?
I seriously doubt the vast majority would serve. Many people will suddenly remember their cholesterol level is way too high (after a few pills) and the like — as was successfully done during the Vietnam draft. Ah Yid git zich an eitza.
Sounds like a semantics focus. I don’t disagree with your last comment. Of course having a good time is a necessary ingredient of a date. My main point was though that someone shouldn’t go on dates to have a good time if they know marriage is not at least a possible outcome. IOW, they shouldn’t go out on dates to have fun with no intention of pursuing possible consideration of marrying their date.
I can only try
So you agree with my second calculation.
Hmm, if I do it manually I come up with another figure:
.75 first choice is non-green
Assuming first choice is non-green, then probability of second choice being white is…
1/3 if first choice was either blue or red (2 possibilities)
0% if first choice was white (1 possibility)
(1/3 + 1/3 + 0)/3 = 2/9
.75 * 2/9 = 1/6
“What are the chances of picking a non-green one in the first pick”
75%
“a white one on the second pick?”
25% (75% chance you didn’t pick white on the first pick * 33.3% chance you pick white on the second pick.)
The probability of picking a non-green one in the first pick AND picking a white one on the second pick is .1875 or 3/16 (.75 * .25).
To know what to avoid, perhaps.
I think you are missing the point. The point isn’t to “have a good time.” If that was the point, then it would mean it is okay to go on a date where you pretty much know even beforehand it is not marriage material (for whatever reason), but you want to date that person “to have a good time.” That clearly is wrong.
Even when it is permissible to take a tune from secular sources, it must be done with caution. You cannot take the trash spewing forth and reuse it.
Jews don’t date to “have a good time.” For one thing that wouldn’t be in line with tznius behavior. We Jews date for tachlis i.e. getting married.
tomim, you’re right that of course you should also avoid spiritually damaging music composed by a Yehudi that is inappropriate (and unfortunately there is much of that), in addition to avoiding tunes composed by aino yehudim — that surely are spiritually damaging.
Music entail great subtleties and most frequently one can not realize the damage at first glance.
“until I can either get a psak from my own rov, or, better yet, if R’ Elyashiv paskens on herring.”
Daas Yochid: This I don’t understand. Why are you relying on anything other than YOUR own Rov’s psak? Rav Elyashiv, by your own statement, is not your Rov. Should you not be relying on YOUR ROV rather than on ANYONE OTHER than YOUR ROV? And what’s so hard about geting a psak from your own Rov, that you have to wait “until I can” do so??
“#3 Look up the Michtav MeEliahu, where he uses this sevara to permit killing lice on Shabbos, which is “chayav” for paroshim according to the Gemara.”
hello99: Doesn’t the Gemorah specifically and directly permit killing lice on Shabbos. Therefore, how this direct permission for lice by the Gemorah, extend as a sevara to anything else?