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Given your quote in context, the obscenity works. It's blunt and to the point, and since you are in fact pointing out that people don't have time or energy for philosophy when they're starving, it'...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:10:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/16783 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
Given your quote in context, the obscenity works. It's blunt and to the point, and since you are in fact pointing out that people don't have time or energy for philosophy when they're starving, it's rather apropos. If you're genuinely worried about the expletive, don't use a halfway substitute. Make it clear what you're censoring by using the correct term, and your readers will understand what you've done: > "You have to eat before you [defecate]."
#1: Imported from external source
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2015-04-10T12:03:14Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 2