David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > 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. I cherish memories of being in a seminar to which the text was read, and being the only one who knew it already. I greatly enjoyed the shocked responses, not just to the text, but to my reaction to their reaction to the text. It starts out sounding _so_ sensible and compassionate... -- James Burbidge jamesandmary.burbidge at sympatico.ca