On 24 January 2012 12:57, Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild <[email protected]> wrote:
> Proposing censorship in the name of freedom seems a bit... > unconventional, do you not think so? Of course, freedom from > proprietary materials would be nice, but ultimately the decision > should be left to the citizens: either they do not use proprietary > materials or they get rid of the copyright laws. Censorship would > cause only extra problems. This is what I get for not flagging a joke. In English, "a modest proposal" is a phrase that conventionally introduces a straight-faced Juvenal-style satire. The usage comes from a famous essay by Jonathan Swift: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal My apologies to non-native speakers confused by my post :-) - d. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
