In article <940919174055.40438 at UABCVSR.cvsr.uab.edu> txpljfg at UABCVSR.CVSR.UAB.EDU writes:
>I am a little unsure whether such trash should even merit the
>cluttering up what little bandwidth we have, but just in case someone
>should take this idea seriously some statement should be made I
>suppose.
. . . uuuhh. . . In case anyone missed the joke . . . Jonathan Swift wrote a
savage parody of English treatment of the Irish - it suggested that (I think;
it's been a long time since I read this) the Irish eat their own children,
thus providing simultaneuous solutions to the problems of overpopulation and
malnutrition . . . the essay was aimed at the English attitude at the time
which Swift perceived as smug selfishness: Why don't the Irish simply do
(fill in the your own stupid suggestion) (like Donald Trump explaining how he
made his fortune the old-fashioned way). Swift's essay was called A Modest
Proposal. See any connections here?
Ian
