A few days ago, I talked about the power of satire as an agent of change, citing the anonymous twitterer using the social media platform to have a good laugh at BP. Now the satirist behind @BPGlobalPR has come out, under the pseudonym “Leroy Stick,” to post a manifesto outlining his/her rationale for the scorching …

In 1729 Jonathan Swift anonymously published A Modest Proposal, which not so modestly suggested that Ireland’s impoverished citizens could improve the food supply and make a few bucks by selling their children to Ireland’s wealthier citizens as food.  A nasty mix of humour and ridicule that hopes to incite societal change – classic satire.