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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 [[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."''}}
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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...
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* [[Wham! Line]]: You have to start reading from the beginning to get the full impact of the line quoted in the introduction.
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Swift says that one fourth of the children saved for breeding should be male, and that "one male will be sufficient to serve four females." If one fourth of the children are male, each would have to "serve" three, not four females.
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