If you were to walk up to me and say "I want to slap you" then I'd disregard you.
If you were to walk up to me and say "I'm going to slap you" then you will have committed common law assault by creating apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact with me.
Intent is derived from both actions and deeds, therefore you cannot both be intending to slap someone, but also exclaim I want to slap you as a negative proof.
It would be clown world logic to say that exclaiming "I want to slap" you means you have no intent to slap them.
No, it's not.
If you were to walk up to me and say "I want to slap you" then I'd disregard you.
If you were to walk up to me and say "I'm going to slap you" then you will have committed common law assault by creating apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact with me.
... And if you do slap me, then that is battery.
You're wrong. Intent is derived from words and deeds. "I want to slap you" is intent.
Stop arguing w me.
"I intend to argue with you" is intent.
"I want to argue with you" is not intent.
Didn't I just tell you not to argue w me!
You. Are. Wrong.
Intent is derived from both actions and deeds, therefore you cannot both be intending to slap someone, but also exclaim I want to slap you as a negative proof.
It would be clown world logic to say that exclaiming "I want to slap" you means you have no intent to slap them.
Let's just agree that it would be difficult for a prosecutor to prove intent without a record of you explicitly stating that you plan to do something