A Modest Proposal

Yikes! While I was reading this proposal, it really freaked me out.  The thought of skinning and eating children just grosses me out.

But at the same time, thinking about this scenario kind of makes sense.  Not saying I agree with cannibalism but to save your country from starvation, it could be an idea.  But more so kids being malnourished because your country is so poor that parents don't have enough money to have access to food.  So instead of trying to feed your kids, you sell them when they reach a certain age.  That was a really messed up idea that anyone could have.

Although the proposal itself was outrageous, the idea and concept of it was great.  I really liked how Jonathan Swift put a lot of statistics and numbers in the proposal just to argue his point.  It put an image in my head especially when he was talking about the six advantages of his proposal.  When I read through the six advantages, I sort of agreed with the rankings of most important to the less important.  The first advantage was that there would be less Papists which is true.  The last advantage was an inducement to marriage.

 I didn't fully understand this one because of the way he phrased that whole paragraph.  All in all i'm glad this was only a proposal with ideas and not something that is actually happening.  At least I hope this isn't happening somewhere in the world.