Anyone think Johnathan Swift's "A modest proposal"

[Guest Kether]

should be updated for modern times and passed as law?

 

I'd be well up for a fricaseé.

[EmmaBlu]

u fookin wot????????????????????

[Tresh]

Wot's it about?

[Guest Kether]

It's not that hard to understand is it?

 

If you don't know what Johnathan Swift's modet proposal is, try typing it into google and reading it yourself then replying to my thread with your thoughts on the matter.

 

If you don't know what a fricaseé, ask your mum if she'll make you one for dinner.

[Guest Kether]

QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:18)

Wot's it about?

Dealing with over-population and starvation during the Irish potato famine.

[Guest Kether]

It's also a classic example of political satire. I wrote a parody of it before about dogs.

[Tresh]

QUOTE (Kether @ May 4 2004, 12:19)

QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:18) Wot's it about? Dealing with over-population and starvation during the Irish potato famine. Gas them.

[Guest Kether]

QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:51)

QUOTE (Kether @ May 4 2004, 12:19) QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:18) Wot's it about? Dealing with over-population and starvation during the Irish potato famine. Gas them. It was far more productive, read it - it's very funny.

[Alex]

For those too lazy to search Google. A Modest Proposal.

[LiquidEyes]

Quality idea. Wouldn't mind an Infant Madras actually.

 

Being mildly serious, the first few paragraphs are a straight to the point. Reminds me of that classic episode of Wife Swap a month or two ago, featuring the archetypal Dole Scum parents (with 4 or 5 kids in tow) who blatantly had no intention of getting jobs to support their family. Why bother when you can scab off taxpayers' money...

 

Clearly we don't have enough disincentives for people to spawn more offspring when they blatantly can't/won't provide for them. Who the fuck said it's a God-given right that the state will provide for your produce... ahem, rant alert, one for Serious Issues maybe!

[Guest Kether]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ May 4 2004, 13:29)

Quality idea. Wouldn't mind an Infant Madras actually. Being mildly serious, the first few paragraphs are a straight to the point. Reminds me of that classic episode of Wife Swap a month or two ago, featuring the archetypal Dole Scum parents (with 4 or 5 kids in tow) who blatantly had no intention of getting jobs to support their family. Why bother when you can scab off taxpayers' money... Clearly we don't have enough disincentives for people to spawn more offspring when they blatantly can't/won't provide for them. Who the fuck said it's a God-given right that the state will provide for your produce... ahem, rant alert, one for Serious Issues maybe!

I'm salivating at the though of infant liver pate.

[Tresh]

QUOTE (Kether @ May 4 2004, 13:10)

QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:51) QUOTE (Kether @ May 4 2004, 12:19) QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 12:18) Wot's it about? Dealing with over-population and starvation during the Irish potato famine. Gas them. It was far more productive, read it - it's very funny. I'm too busy reading about the Aarhus Convetion at the current time. It deals with public participation in environmental issues.

[LiquidEyes]

QUOTE (Tresh @ May 4 2004, 13:58)

I'm too busy reading about the Aarhus Convetion at the current time.

Start your own thread then!

[Tresh]

I don't think anyone would find it interesting unless they were an environmentalist, which I certainly ain't.