Baker notes the uncanny way that both authors imply an ironic "justification by ownership" over the subject of sacrificing children—Tertullian while attacking pagan parents, and Swift while attacking the English mistreatment of the Irish poor.
bˈeɪkɚ nˈoʊts ðɪ ʌŋkˈæni wˈeɪ ðæt bˈoʊθ ˈɔːθɚz ɪmplˈaɪ ɐn aɪɹˈɑːnɪk "dʒˌʌstɪfɪkˈeɪʃən baɪ ˈoʊnɚʃˌɪp" ˌoʊvɚ ðə sˈʌbdʒɛkt ʌv sˈækɹᵻfˌaɪsɪŋ tʃˈɪldɹən—tɜːtˈʌliən wˌaɪl ɐtˈækɪŋ pˈeɪɡən pˈɛɹənts, ænd swˈɪft wˌaɪl ɐtˈækɪŋ ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ mɪstɹˈiːtmənt ʌvðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃ pˈʊɹ.