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It's always weird to come across articles with pat titles ("Modest Proposal" = something outrageous, said with a straight face; viz, satire) but that doesn't fi

It's always weird to come across articles with pat titles ("Modest Proposal" = something outrageous, said with a straight face; viz, satire) but that doesn't fit the mold. No, I think he's actually being serious about regulating ads based on truth. In fact, when a politician is caught in a good lie ("Read my lips", "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman...") it's golden for the enemy. There's no real incentive to keep the other guy honest.

eru 18y ago
You know where the title came from?
- dill_day 18y ago
  For anyone who doesn't: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal Had to read this in high school, I liked it
- martian 18y ago
  Jonathan Swift: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080.txt http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080.txt