I mean, sure. In the same way that when you pull up to a traffic circle, you can go left or right. After all, they'll both lead to the same place, right?

They are two different things, in the same way that running towards a rabid dog, and sitting still while a rabid dog runs towards you, are two different things

"I just don't think the dog should have rabies in the first place" is a perfectly reasonable thing to say, and it's not going to make the dog not have rabies