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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by jeremyarussell on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:24PM (#3955441)
It reminds me exactly of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathon Swift, circa 1729. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal if you've never read it.

I remember reading it as a child as an example of satire.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm For the original article.

Edit: Added a link to the original article by Jonathon Swift.

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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by excuse-me on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:12PM (#3955752)
What do you think is in a KFC family bucket?
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