Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > alt.usage.english > #1149194

Re: 'Geo-politics'

From occam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: 'Geo-politics'
Date 2026-08-24 12:06 +0200
Message-ID <nf2jcfFr20bU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <nf24o0FosrmU1@mid.individual.net> <nf29mmFpg50U2@mid.individual.net> <nf2c25FpvjfU1@mid.individual.net> <116h0p4$2ma4o$1@dont-email.me>

Show all headers | View raw

On 24/08/2026 10:52, wugi wrote:
> Op 24/08/2026 om 10:01 schreef occam:
>> On 24/08/2026 09:20, Hibou wrote:
>>> Le 24/08/2026 à 06:56, occam a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> What other kind of politics is there other than 'geo-' politics? I hear
>>>> this expression quite often in news reports. I can't help think that
>>>> some journalist is trying to make him/herself sound more impressive
>>>> than
>>>> he/she is.
>>>
>>>
>>> National politics
>>> International politics
>>> Local politics
>>> Domestic politics
>>> Company politics
>>> Federal politics
>>> ...
>>> And which of those of non-geo?
> 
> Politics about cohabitation problems of different communities in the
> same territory or town, are definitely not geo- IMO.
> 

Ah there speaks a Belgian. Yet, the real geo- politics there is between
Wallonia and Flanders. Those are different geographical parts of
Belgium, and hence the politics is 'geo-' IMO.

Back to alt.usage.english | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 07:56 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-08-24 07:57 +0100
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 09:59 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 08:20 +0100
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 10:01 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 09:32 +0100
        Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:11 +0200
          Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 17:37 +0100
            Re: 'Geo-politics' "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-24 17:41 +0100
          Re: 'Geo-politics' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 12:34 -0700
          Re: 'Geo-politics' Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-08-24 22:07 +0100
      Re: 'Geo-politics' wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-08-24 10:52 +0200
        Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:06 +0200
          Re: 'Geo-politics' wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-08-24 16:11 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-08-24 21:46 +1000
        Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 19:23 +0200
          Re: 'Geo-politics' wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-08-24 17:46 +0000
          Re: 'Geo-politics' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 12:35 -0700
    Re: 'Geo-politics' Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2026-08-24 10:33 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 09:57 +0100
      Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:15 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-24 10:37 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 02:52 -0700
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:25 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-08-24 14:32 +0000
        Re: 'Geo-politics' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-08-24 15:47 -0400
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 12:39 -0700

csiph-web