David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> writes: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > > > >> Should I support Dean Swift's modest proposal? > > > >(Chris shows his ignorance: Which proposal would this be?) > > This one: > > (For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland From > Being A Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them > Beneficial to The Public) > > http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html Which, it may need to be pointed out to a modern audience, is *satire*. I thought I'd get this on the table *before* anybody showed any signs of actually being confused about it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info