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I fully expected that this title was a reference to the more-famed A Modest Proposal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by Arubis 9y ago
I fully expected that this title was a reference to the more-famed A Modest Proposal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
Rather surprised that The Atlantic wouldn't have been self-aware re: the title.
- mc32 9y agoI'm sure they are aware. It's highly unlikely any writer for the Atlantic would be ignorant of that proposal. They probably just wanted to go forth with the plain meaning.
- marshray 9y agoThat we continually over-use this old gag is one of my favorite things about the English speaking world. :-)