*Perhaps Machiavelli was evading censorship by clothing his critique in (apparent) praise. I gather [[Jonathan Swift]] used satire to get political points across in the era before [[freedom of press]] became the norm in the Christian West. If so, then I guess we can thank God that we now live in an era where we can speak our minds (even in an international forum such as this encyclopedia-writing project) without fear of retribution. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:38, 23 March 2009 (EDT) | *Perhaps Machiavelli was evading censorship by clothing his critique in (apparent) praise. I gather [[Jonathan Swift]] used satire to get political points across in the era before [[freedom of press]] became the norm in the Christian West. If so, then I guess we can thank God that we now live in an era where we can speak our minds (even in an international forum such as this encyclopedia-writing project) without fear of retribution. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:38, 23 March 2009 (EDT) |