Comments on: Go bless yourself http://blog.davebsd.com/2008/07/27/go-bless-yourself/ Perceived in this world only as a vague essence haunting the multiplicity of finite trees. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: JL! http://blog.davebsd.com/2008/07/27/go-bless-yourself/#comment-8800 JL! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:14:13 +0000 http://blog.davebsd.com/?p=82#comment-8800 I think it could very well be a guilting tactic, conscious or not. I've heard "God bless you" from many people in that type of situation as well, whether I give or not. I've heard it in other situations, probably more sincerely, but perhaps not as often. (PS: I really like the huge font in the comment form. So easy to read, and it also gives a sense of, "Please don't write a novel in my comments." ;-) I think it could very well be a guilting tactic, conscious or not. I’ve heard “God bless you” from many people in that type of situation as well, whether I give or not. I’ve heard it in other situations, probably more sincerely, but perhaps not as often.

(PS: I really like the huge font in the comment form. So easy to read, and it also gives a sense of, “Please don’t write a novel in my comments.” ;-)

]]> By: DeanG http://blog.davebsd.com/2008/07/27/go-bless-yourself/#comment-8750 DeanG Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:53:56 +0000 http://blog.davebsd.com/?p=82#comment-8750 Was he sincere or snearing? I'd like to think he wasn't trying to do anything other than bless you. "The New Testament commands Christians to bless and not to curse." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing Was he sincere or snearing?
I’d like to think he wasn’t trying to do anything other than bless you.
“The New Testament commands Christians to bless and not to curse.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing

]]> By: Ian Clifton http://blog.davebsd.com/2008/07/27/go-bless-yourself/#comment-8693 Ian Clifton Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:18:01 +0000 http://blog.davebsd.com/?p=82#comment-8693 Haha, I think it can. We used to joke in the military that the way we said "sir" to some people was a lot like the way we would say "asshole." Haha, I think it can. We used to joke in the military that the way we said “sir” to some people was a lot like the way we would say “asshole.”

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