Swift's Real Meaning

Many have debated over what Swift really meant with his comparison of the yahoos and the horses (I cannot spell that word to save my life). One society lives purely on instinct, more animal than human. While the other society is so devoid of emotions, that they are inhuman. The fact that the society is comprised of animals is not the point. Swift is showing two extremes in the hopes of alerting the human race to their own problems. Our race cannot survive in anarchy, but neither can we be completely human if we let rules dictate our lives. Emotions and individual expression are essential to survival. They are only harmful when taken to the extreme as Swift illustrated for us.