> > Similarly, earlier than that, there was an article written by someone else talking about solving overpopulation and hunger at the same time by eating the old. It was a very amusing piece, and *obviously* satirical. Yet, again, angry letters poured in demanding a retraction.
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> A bit o' Jonathan Swift there, eh? He was given hell for his "Modest Proposal" two centuries ago and now it's considered to be a great satirical work. Some things never change....

My grandfather wrote a letter to the editor of our local paper (probably in the 1960's) suggesting that corpses be used for leather, dog food, and crop fertilizer. I don't think he was even suggesting killing anyone on purpose. Anyhow, it was *very* Modest Proposal-esque, but some people in my conservative Indiana hometown didn't quite get it, and were pretty upset.

Luisa