In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
"dave @ stejonda" writes:
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| That does not follow - we could perfectly well adopt the strategy
| proposed by Swift :-)
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| please elucidate...

Jonathan Swift, 1729. See, for example:

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch...ts/modest.html

I think I'd rather be vege' - but thanks.

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dave @ stejonda