All though to me the idea seems irrational in many forms, I believe that if the people of Ireland wanted to partake in the eating children regularly then they should have their own freedom to do so. To me I would be sickened by it unless I was unaware that I was eating children because that seems like a awful thing to carry out. On the other side, if Jonathan Swift had no problem with it then, who's to say all of Ireland didn’t at the time? no t only would this work if most of Ireland happend to partake in this but it would save most of Ireland the time and the effort required to deal with the amount of needy children. This is important because from what Mr. Swift made it out to be, the overpopulation problem is a big deal during this time. …show more content…
This can help the lower class get up higher in society.This could effectively allow the king to raise their taxes a bit since they would be able to afford the raise. This would aso make the country better looking as a whole since not only would the lower class look better and smaller but it would put down crime rates. Another way this could be effective is since they don’t have to consume as much live stock they could export more livestock this, in turn, can help farmers since their goods can be sold for higher prices. With the lowered crime rates this means they could have less cops both on a schedule and on the ground since they wouldn't need as many this would lower taxes. With less amount of cops this make Ireland more inviting to visitors since it would imply the idea of low crime rates. This also isn’t the first time something like this has been been practiced like Jonathan Swift said “... and in conversation told my friend, that in his country when any young person happened to be put to death, the executioner sold the carcass to persons of quality as a prime dainty” this being around the same time period as Mr. Swift lived