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I will!!! Mostly to try and better illustrate what is being meant by "perspective is not reality".
A mountain exists in that location that was formed via an underlying volcano, however the name for both is Lawetlat'la.
Volcanoes themselves generally do not erupt, magma chambers erupt through (and via that process create) volcanoes.
Nor have most. Outside of eruption events the volcano isn't visible, only the mountain is.
The volcano Mt St Helens does not exist. Using the mountain of Lawetlat'la as evidence does not make the volcano Mt St Helens exist because while the mountain and volcano are distinct entities, standard naming convention is to call them both the same thing.
I appreciate the time and effort you spent on this, but it feels more like an argument against words than it does against concepts.
Colloquially, if I say "a volcano erupted" I'm not being inaccurate, even if it was the magma chamber that erupted; and if I say "Mt. St. Helens erupted", everyone knows what I'm talking about even if the original name isn't properly preserved or respected.
However, I find downvotes distressing so I'm abandoning this thread, and I shall not downvote you just because I disagree. I hope you have a lovely day. :)
That's good feedback, thank you. I did do both and I think it muddled the message a bit.
It was also not the best example, but I tried lol. Have a lovely day!