Honestly, the vast majority of humanity would object to such a proposal. There are few, if any, civilizations in the world that condone cannibalism. Specifically, though, Swift would want both the Irish and the English to be horrified by this proposal. The Irish should object on the basis that no parent should be comfortable with the prospect of selling their one-year-old child to be roasted and eaten. What would their acquiescence to such a proposal say about them? They would be terrible parents, no, terrible people if they happily sold their children as meat in order to turn a profit. Such a proposal ought to make them question what they have done to find themselves in a position to be criticized in this way.
Further, the English ought to object to this proposal as well. The claim, even the ironic claim, that they would be not only willing but happy to eat babies and wear boots and gloves made of baby skin should be offensive enough to incite their anger. Like the Irish, the English should question what they've done to deserve such criticism.
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