Here's the thing, though, the title of his little satire should have tipped everyone off: it is modeled after (Gulliver's Travels author) Thomas Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which is itself a pretty well known satire of the English treatment of the Irish people. Come on, folks, if we're going to keep up with the assholes and hustlers, we need to be up on our literature and history, not just technology. In closing, though, this guy is a grade-A asshole. And that's not being sarcastic.
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Here's the thing, though, the title of his little satire should have tipped everyone off: it is modeled after (Gulliver's Travels author) Thomas Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which is itself a pretty well known satire of the English treatment of the Irish people. Come on, folks, if we're going to keep up with the assholes and hustlers, we need to be up on our literature and history, not just technology. In closing, though, this guy is a grade-A asshole. And that's not being sarcastic.