Recently I asked for recipes for babies as a joke. I was referencing of course Johnathon Swift's piece, "A Modest Proposal". I found it amusing. However, only one person caught the joke, and Yahoo threatened to terminate my account on the grounds that my question was "obscene" (obviously they've never seen "The View"). My question is, does anybody out their read classic literature, and have deeper thoughts than who won "American Idol", or are most of the people on here shallow, brainless liberal fascists?
2006-07-01 05:28:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
dukalink, your right. Irony is dead. the last line of your answer proves it.
2006-07-01 05:47:13 · update #1
I love classic literature, and "A Modest Proposal," but I guess people have a thing about babies. Maybe they'd've been more receptive if you'd asked for a recipe for the homeless and had a plan to feed them to the hungry.
2006-07-01 07:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by starlightfading 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I read classic literature, AND watch American Idol. People can like both- and not be (as you said) "Shallow, brainless liberal fascists." Here's a question for you: Why did you think asking about eating babies (EVEN joking) was appropriate on a site where people are asking IMPORTANT questions? Tell me when you have a GOOD answer, okay?
2006-07-01 12:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by Cathryn E. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irony is dead, and most people do not have a sense of humor, here or anywhere else.
And why blame liberals? Conservatives can also be brainless and shallow, with their lock-step thinking.
Also, fascists are on the right of the political spectrum; liberals go to the left, so they are communists.
If you're going to hurl insults, get it right. There is nothing so embarrassing as blowing the joke.
2006-07-01 12:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's funny. I wrote an entire dissertation in support of Swift's "Proposal" in college.
In all fairness you were not asking a true question, but trying to get a reaction out of the "shallow, brainless liberal fascists" as you called them. Well, I guess you got your reaction...
2006-07-01 12:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by knitting wounded 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Sir,
I happen to have a whole librarie of books.
I am a poet/writer, and a student of the Bible. I have also heard the modest proposal. It is a possibility that since the artical
Swift wrote was political Satire, that the US told yahoo not to let it go through. It is also possible it through up a red flag
2006-07-01 12:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by barearl@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read Modest Proposal in high school and didn't realize it was satire at first. It made me very angry.
It is a shame that the vast majority of people are the American Idol types. I prefer my friends to be more literate.
2006-07-01 12:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm well I ain't too sure about the eating babies part, but I can say there are a lot of people who care more about reading the classics than caring about who won on 'American Idol' and I would consider myself liberal but not a facist.
2006-07-01 12:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I'm pretty sure most everyone here is a brainless liberal fascist. Can't take a joke to save their lives.
2006-07-01 12:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Pokerized 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you just love censorship? I guess there will always be someone who feels they are more intelligent than everyone else and therefore has the "right" to determine what others will learn. Sad, especially in America which has always had it, but now is making no effort at all to hide it.
2006-07-01 12:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is weird. I had to read it for my AP English class.
2006-07-01 15:25:30 · answer #10 · answered by lilwolfy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋