Does <80 dead amount to genocide? If it did, I suggest the population under attack would already be well on the way to extinction.
What I'm saying, and you either already know or won't understand even after having it explained, is that the only material moral difference between "A Modest Proposal" and "A European Declaration of Independence" is that Swift had his tongue firmly in his cheek. Equally, a self-consciously silly bike builder like Olli Erkkila is a jester whereas No-Fork's commitment to this project smacks of lunacy.
Does <80 dead amount to genocide? If it did, I suggest the population under attack would already be well on the way to extinction.
What I'm saying, and you either already know or won't understand even after having it explained, is that the only material moral difference between "A Modest Proposal" and "A European Declaration of Independence" is that Swift had his tongue firmly in his cheek. Equally, a self-consciously silly bike builder like Olli Erkkila is a jester whereas No-Fork's commitment to this project smacks of lunacy.