Re: Smholitics; Smethics, etc.

Originally Posted by
Tdol
I'm not sure you did- the post is still there, with the link. I am not sure what content is missing, though.
Admins (and possibly mods, I'll have to check) should be able to click on the "Last Edited By ..." text to see the post edit history. Here it is:
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Originally Posted by
BobK
Afterthought: as an example of this usage, scroll down to the bottom of
this conversation. Note that it doesn't have to be about an abstract noun like politics or ethics - it's just any topic that is not thought worth talking about.
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I've discussed this point at greater length (with a few references)
here.
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Yes, I've seen this pairing used with other terms, but politics and ethics are the ones used most often and, therefore, the ones I remembered for examples in the first post.

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