Have you heard of 'A Modest Proposal'? (Reply #30)

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Response to socialindependocrat (Reply #29)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:43 PM

30. Have you heard of 'A Modest Proposal'?

There was a link to it on the blog, but not in the excerpt here. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

You can also look it up, or Jonathan Swift, on Wikipedia. It might help you understand the OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	OP
I have to rec this	eShirl	Mar 2013	#1
I find your blog-flogging unseemly. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#2
aww.	eShirl	Mar 2013	#3
I guess I'll just have to live with your disapproval.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#4
Indeed---or you could just post all of your deep thoughts in your OP.	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#5
Why would I want to do that?	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#7
Hard to generate revenue if people won't click your link...nt	SidDithers	Mar 2013	#8
Exactly. No clicks, no shiny dimes. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#9
Yes. Exactly.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#10
So, you think the DU community should click and subsidize you? Why? I mean, welcome to DU,	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#11
Here's the thing...	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#13
Indeed. So why not post your whole screed, and then put the link at the bottom?	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#15
Nah. Thanks though.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#16
'Welcome'? Is this what you think constitutes a welcome?	muriel_volestrangler	Mar 2013	#17
I was keeping the spirit of the OP.	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#18
People are voting with their pageviews on this.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#20
No, I'm suggesting they be exposed to 'more' of your writing. Post your entire screed.	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#21
The spirit of the OP is an attack on Paul Ryan	muriel_volestrangler	Mar 2013	#22
And as I said directly to the OP, my issue is not that he posts, but that he doesn't post more.	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#23
His Stuff Is Very Good, Ma'am	The Magistrate	Mar 2013	#24
I Take Your Recommendation Seriously, Sir, and Look Forward to Reading Him	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#25
God bless you.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#19
+1 n/m	Morning Dew	Mar 2013	#31
Paul Ryan must be trying to ruin St Patrick's day for everyone	Enrique	Mar 2013	#6
Based on one of my favorite pieces of literature.	NutmegYankee	Mar 2013	#12
Yes. It was kind of wonderful to re-read it on St. Pat's.	paulbibeau	Mar 2013	#14
And he believed	Turbineguy	Mar 2013	#26
Swift was born in the 17th century	One of the 99	Mar 2013	#27
Can you do one based on this (inside post)? Might be fairly easy, just substituting Rethugs-as-group	UTUSN	Mar 2013	#28
The failure of the logic	socialindependocrat	Mar 2013	#29
Have you heard of 'A Modest Proposal'?	muriel_volestrangler	Mar 2013	#30
Thank you for your guidance... n/t	socialindependocrat	Mar 2013	#32

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