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[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Nothing you can do or say right now is going to prevent me from going to Ohio this weekend; because I'm not trying.

That's not quite the concept of prevention: otherwise, it would be impossible to prevent measles in someone who wasn't trying to catch it.

The concept you want here is not prevention but obstruction or hindrance, which does require an effort and an opposition.

And anyway, you might not be trying to go to Ohio this weekend, but you know you want to!