Jonathan Swift's "modest proposal" of 1729 was intended to solve two problems in Ireland at that time. In brilliant satirical fashion, he proposed that the hunger problem and the "poor people" problems could be solved by the poor people fattening up their children and selling them to rich ladies and gentlemen, solving both the food shortage and the poor people issues at the same time.
My modest proposal of Sunday's blog has about as much chance of becoming a reality as his outrageous proposal did almost three hundred years ago. However, his satire called attention to issues of the day just as I had hoped this blog might keep attention focused on the investigation of Stacey Burns' murder.
First of all, getting people of like minds together is difficult enough, no matter what the cause.
Second, getting them together in the existing atmosphere surrounding the crime, even three years plus later would be nearly impossible.
So, Wolfeboro citizens, take my proposal in the same vein as Swift's contemporaries probably took his; that is, some of them were moved to try to change things, to make a difference while others decided there was nothing they could do anyway so why even try?
But . . .just to see the reactions of the authorities, maybe it would be fun to try!
(For those who do not understand this blog, please go to Sunday's blog for clarification.)
Duker
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