There's a subtle difference. Figure it out then get back to me.
So you can’t describe the difference, then you ask me to, as though my inability to do it makes you right.
Learn to argue.
No. I asked you to have think about it. Give it more than a couple of minutes and don't shoot from the hip. I'll be here all week.
Hints: - Being able to do whatever you want, doesn't mean you will if you're a civilized man. - Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Being able to do whatever you want, doesn't mean you will if you're a civilized man.
The exact problem with your original quote. If your desire to be a civilized man outweighs your desire to do something, then you don’t actually want to do that something, you want to be a civilized man.
Get it? You can sit there and say “I want to rob someone but I won’t because I’m civilized,” but the truth of that statement is that you don’t actually want to rob someone.
If you actually DO want to rob someone, then the only thing stopping you from doing it is the possible consequences, which only arise from what other people tell you.
The statement is oxymoronic in itself
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