Looking at legendary satirical work, such as Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", you would hardly think about the similarities it has with more modern satire, such as South Park. This may seem like a extreme jump in styles of writing, but the two are actually very similar. If you first think about how both satires expose inequities and problems in society, you will begin to realize these similarities. As the title of satire implies both …showed first 75 words of 979 total…

…showed last 75 words of 979 total…amongst all the stupid humor. Swift also had to work around the fact that by making fun of the aristocracy he was putting himself in danger of prosecution by the government. I see this as an actual advantage over Parker and Stone, who can make barefaced fun of just about anybody they want, because it made Swift be more creative and in his writing, less he be put in the stocks for week. In general