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Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by dagw on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:56AM (#43643818)
Those are two different uses of 'cannot'. I know how to kill a cow, but 'cannot' bring my self to do it. I 'cannot' build a train because I don't know how to, but if I did I would be happy to do so.
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Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by mindslight on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:28AM (#43644149)
Do you know how to "kill" a cow in the sense of turning most of it into edible food rather than merely letting it go to waste? If not, then I'd call that a similar type of aversion.
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