"Won't do it" or "Can't Do it"

[Stinky The Clown]

Is there a real difference?

[enlightenment]

1. Sure there is -

the difference between giving them a pass (can't) and giving them the finger (won't).

I've seen a lot of "won't" masquerading as "can't" lately.

[HereSince1628]

2. That's a matter of perspective, isn't it?

Just as
Telling a schizophrenic that they won't get with reality is the perspective of the uncaregiver.
Telling society that a shizophrenic can't get with reality is the perspective of the caregiver.

Telling a politician that they won't get the job done is the perspective of the disappointed.
Telling society that the politician can't get the job done is the perspective of the pr people and press secretary.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. Words do have real meanings

Won't is a contraction for will not.

Will is : The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action

Will not or won't is a choice not to do something.


Can't is a contraction for can not.

Can indicates a mental or phisical aiblity.

Can not is an idicator that the action isn't possible due to a lack of ability.

[MineralMan]

4. Precisely.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. You win the "Wilfully Obtuse" award for today

[pissedoff01]

6. "Not gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent"