[Sca-cooks] To Cook a 'Coon

[Philip W. Troy & Susan Troy]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> Margaret said:
> > Stefan has been reading Jonathan Swift again, methinks. ;-)
>
> Uh, no. Never heard of him, except perhaps on this list.

Oh, dear. And for all the times SCAdians use the expression "A Modest
Proposal", you never wondered where it came from? Swift, an
eighteenth-century (and early nineteenth???) clergyman/educator and
satirist, is the author of "Gulliver's Travels," and among other works,
provided an essay entitled "A Modest Proposal," subtitled something
like, For Dealing With the Problems of Overpopulation, Unemployment and
Poverty in Ireland. Its main thrust was the suggestion that English
absentee landlords should use their holdings in Ireland as a means of
exporting Irish babies as a cheap meat source in England.

Adamantius, who likes 'em broiled
--
Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com

"It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98