# Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenians-torch-their-homes-on-land-ceded-to-azerbaijan/925577 "2020-11-14T16:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenians-torch-their-homes-on-land-ceded-to-azerbaijan/925577/21 "2020-11-21T09:24:50Z")
No, as they mentioned it separately from the house, they were quite clearly talking about making the _land_ itself unusable. In a more-or-less permanent way. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenians-torch-their-homes-on-land-ceded-to-azerbaijan/925577/22 "2020-11-21T09:32:08Z")
Well, seeing as I don’t have access to a plow or the amount of salt it would take to make an acre unusable it certainly was not literally. Not to mention I don’t understand (though I did some research because of this thread) how long salting would actually prevent crops from growing since its seems the salt would be removed by water in just a couple of years. I meant it more along the way of the previous comment about destroying the sewer systems too. I would certainly try and make the place as inhospitable as possible and let the people taking it from me spend their effort to replicate everything I did but harder. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenians-torch-their-homes-on-land-ceded-to-azerbaijan/925577/23 "2020-11-21T20:07:00Z")
You are Leopold Ii, and I claim my £5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenians-torch-their-homes-on-land-ceded-to-azerbaijan/925577.md?page=1)