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What rebuttal does the narrator make to his friend's suggestion in paragraph 17
that boys and girls ages 12 to 14 should replace venison now that stocks of deer
are low?
The thought of butchering girls of
that age is too cruel to be tolerated
in a civilized society
By early adolescence the meat of
the boys is too tough from exercise
and the girls are close to
childbearing age
The meat of boys and girls of this
age cannot be improved or made
more tender by fattening them up
for slaughter
A delay of so many years goes
against the spirit and intentions of
the modest proposal