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Ok, well, I didn't open this "can" of worms... But I can murder people. I can jump off a cliff without a chute. I can burn my life savings. "I can't go to the

Ok, well, I didn't open this "can" of worms... But I can murder people. I can jump off a cliff without a chute. I can burn my life savings. "I can't go to the store right now. Why? Because I'll miss my appointment. Well technically you still could go to the store." By your standard, if it's not against the law of physics, then "can't" shouldn't be used. Obviously that's not how it's used idiomatically and colloquially, so there is clearly something other than physical impossibility that drives people to use the word, whether ethics, suffering, or other other frictions. I suspect you've got your own ethical stance and are trying to lay it on me.

josephcsible 4y ago
But you won't go to jail, die, be destitute, or miss an appointment by eating meat. There are no consequences for not being a vegan anymore. When else is "can't" ever used for things that there'd be no consequences for doing?
- colordrops 4y ago
  Once again, you are laying your own subjective ethical judgements on me. My ethical stance is that killing animals, whether for food or otherwise, is tantamount to murder and is completely unacceptable to me - on the level of going to jail or being destitute.