It sounds good there because it's widely used that way these days. But grammar stickler Jack would probably know better, so I want to rephrase the sentence. Sticking in a 'friends and neighbors', or something along those lines, would definitely help keep the sarcastic, bitter edge I want to retain! Thank you for the suggestions! :-)
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'Beg the question' originally has a specific meaning as a logical fallacy: http://begthequestion.info/
It sounds good there because it's widely used that way these days. But grammar stickler Jack would probably know better, so I want to rephrase the sentence. Sticking in a 'friends and neighbors', or something along those lines, would definitely help keep the sarcastic, bitter edge I want to retain! Thank you for the suggestions! :-)