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Fine. I cannot see any purpose in putting something like this "satirical" post on this list other than to make fun of select groups of people and offend other people. It certainly does nothing to further any discussions. And the reason I had to say say something is the nuns in grade school taught me to speak up in public when I felt what was passing as humor was harmful or destructive. And I think they were right. Renee Jenson Como Original message: > 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 _____________________________________________ 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
