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The reference to Swift in the beginning of the post is the key to what was meant. That would be Jonathan Swift (not Tom Swift, formerly a participant on this list), the author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. The latter work, available online in many places (including http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html), suggests that the Irish eat their children as a means of addressing the famine then occurring on the island (in 1729). Like our poster now, Swift did not actually mean it. The piece was satire. Of course, your reaction is why satire isn't really popular on issues lists. Michael Lewis Mac-Groveland ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
