The modest proposal was uh, interesting? I have to say that I liked how it reflected the society directly. How through satire we can see what issues were at conterversy in this time period. I also think that we can find humor, honestly, if this guy read it himself, I'm sure that it would be funny. It really is dependent on the tone of the reader as well. If you are reading it thinking that its completely serious, then I would go running. But if you could tell that his intentions were to "poke fun", surely even people of this time could get a chuckle out of it. Especially considering how many dead babies jokes we laugh at.