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''A Modest Proposal'' (full title: ''A Modest Proposal For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to The Publick'') was written in 1729 by Irish satirist [[
{{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."''}}
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* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Completely averted.
* [[Eats Babies]] / [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: The whole point.
* [[Get Thee to
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Swift regrets that he cannot contribute to these scheme, as his youngest child is nine, and his wife is already past her childbearing years.
* [[Kill the Poor]]: More like, "Make The Poor Sell Their Children For Food," but you get the idea.
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