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''[['''A Modest Proposal]]''''' (full title: '''''A Modest Proposal Forfor Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland Fromfrom Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and Forfor Making Them Beneficial to Thethe Publick''''') was written in 1729 by Irish [[Satire|satirist]] [[Jonathan Swift]]. It starts off like a modern essay detailing the hardships of the Irish people who are living in poverty and how the current means of fixing the problem are inadequate. Then Swift presents his own idea, ostensibly relayed from an "American friend":
 
{{quote|''"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout."''}}
 
Needless to say many people found Swift's little joke about [[Dead BabyBlack Comedy|how the poor could sell their children to the rich for food]] to be [[A Worldwide Punomenon|in poor taste.]] [[Dude, Not Funny|Others were shocked and appalled]]. [[Poe's Law|They didn't get the joke.]]
 
The original can be found [http://www.fullbooks.com/A-Modest-Proposal.html here].
 
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* [[Baby Factory]]: Technically baby farms, but the same basic idea.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: It ''starts out'' normally enough...
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: ''A Modest Proposal'' is [[satire]].
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Completely averted.
* [[Eats Babies]] / [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: The whole point.
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