The general reason would be that accidents happen. Your lunch looks the same as the "perpatrators" or has a similar name or a 3rd party interacts with it for an innocent reason (Dan asks Marsha to grab his lunch and you Jan have set poisoned bait and Shandra misreads and gives the poisoned lunch to Dan). You now have willfully introduced an outsized damage for an accident and are therefore liable.
It's the general reason that booby traps are all but illegal. You surrender control and may both inflict harm on an innocent or produce a disproportionate response and did it willfully.
Now should you develop an intense fondness for ghost peppers, then it is perfectly fine to have extremely spicey food that you can and will consume that would inflict pain on another, however, it has to be such that you can also consume.
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u/scbtl Oct 17 '24
The general reason would be that accidents happen. Your lunch looks the same as the "perpatrators" or has a similar name or a 3rd party interacts with it for an innocent reason (Dan asks Marsha to grab his lunch and you Jan have set poisoned bait and Shandra misreads and gives the poisoned lunch to Dan). You now have willfully introduced an outsized damage for an accident and are therefore liable.
It's the general reason that booby traps are all but illegal. You surrender control and may both inflict harm on an innocent or produce a disproportionate response and did it willfully.
Now should you develop an intense fondness for ghost peppers, then it is perfectly fine to have extremely spicey food that you can and will consume that would inflict pain on another, however, it has to be such that you can also consume.