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by adolph 1692 days ago
Agreed. The call is honored by time but not execution.

The story is used to teach the wisdom of evaluating a plan on not only how desirable the outcome would be but also how it can be executed. It provides a moral lesson about the fundamental difference between ideas and their feasibility, and how this affects the value of a given plan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling_the_Cat