Swift obviously didn't mean his proposal--sell children to be eaten by other people. He was just being cynical and or sarcastic with his country's problem of poverty and overpopulation. I just can't understand why poor people still want to bear children eventhough they are aware that they can't raise their kids decently. Parents should be responsible with child-bearing, because the problem lies not only on their shoulders but on the whole nation as well. Check out these sites for pictures similar to Swift's proposal.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/fetus.asp
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/blogs/static/dowbrigade/babysoup.jpg
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I'm not sure who you are. Are you really in our class?
-Randy
On an actually-related-to-your-post-note, did you seriously search for canibalism? Hehe.
I agree that he didn't actually mean what he said in his essay. But, I think that poor people have just as much of a right to make a family than anyone else. Of course if you're homeless it's not the best idea and either way its probably completely irresponsible, but it's going to happen anyway-. Alot of people don't have access to birth control and some choose not to use it for religious reasons. It's depressing that there are so many people living in poverty, hopefully articles like Swifts will inspire someone to find a way to fix the poverty situation.
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