Have you ever read "A Modest Proposal" by Johnathan Swift?

Question

I asked a question yesterday likening much of todays flawed logic in politics to the intentional satire of Johnathan Swift and ... actually got 0 answers lol... anyway if you haven't, you should take the time...about 10 minutes for the average reader I'd say.

http://emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/mdprp10.htm

Can you see the connection to politics and warped logic of today's world?

Answer 1

I make my students read it

Answer 2

Swift wrote his own epitaph:

Hic depositum est corpus
JONATHAN SWIFT S.T.D.
Huyus Ecclesiae Cathedralis
Decani
Ubi saeva indignatio
Ulterius
Cor lacerare nequit
Abi Viator
Et imitare, si poteris
Strenuum pro virili
Libertatis Vindicatorem
Obiit 19 Die Mensis Octobris
A.D. 1745 Anno Ætatis 78
........


powerful

Answer 3

I have brought this up many times in Y!A. I like the corollary between Liberals (like yourself) and your support for abortion and selling of embryos for medical experimentation and Swift's suggestion that people eat babies.

It is very similar, to be sure, and I am guessing many Taliberal LIEberals don't get this is satire. Just like a LIEberal to quote 1984 or some other book that is surely critical of their lifestyle, but they twist it around to support them.

Return to the DNC Politburo with pride, you earned your paycheck today...

Answer 4

Very funny sardonic and satirical look from long ago of a liberal addressing political topics du jour.

Answer 5

there is to procedures to interpret what you suggested and certain to both. I understand what everybody is fairly putting forward (often times). and that i do not ignore that when someone says examine between the strains with 3 palms they are flipping me off.