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Originally Posted by Firebot
It's not transitory if you employ methods to fight it.
If you speed up in a car and about to hit a wall, if you brake to stop it doesn't mean that you were going to stop before hitting that wall without braking.
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Just wanted to point out that this is a completely incorrect understanding of transitory.
In your example, depending on where the wall is, you could absolutely stop before hitting it. Forward motion in a vehicle is transitory, as in, it is not permanent. If you let your foot off the gas it will eventually stop moving without hitting the brake. You've given an example of something transitory, funny enough.
On top of that, people employ methods to fight transitory things all the time, especially when those transitory things are damaging and can cause further damage if left to end on their own without intervention. Storm flooding is a good example. As is a fire (in keeping with damaging, dramatic events). Flooding will cease on it's own, but people regularly employ methods to fight it to limit the damage. Fires burn themselves out, but we regularly employ methods to fight them. These are transitory things in which methods to fight them are employed regularly. You need to understand what transitory means before you can even begin to evaluate whether something is or isn't, and "well they stopped using the word" is not evidence of anything other than someone's confirmation bias.
That aside, I am finding the conversation pretty interesting, but you could do less of the "your argument is stupid" and "WRONG! you doubled down on something WRONG!" as opendoor and Slava are both interesting and respectful posters, and it makes your argument look less trustworthy. Save the snark for someone who deserves it (like me!).