I'm just a poor country blogger, strictly small-time. So I look forward to the occasional comment on a post, even if it might disagree with my point of view.
Today I deleted a comment for the first time and I'm feeling a little guilty. I may have misused my prerogative (bloggerogative?) to crush someone's genuine opinion. To atone, I hereby reprint the comment in its entirety:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Great Gifts for Depressed Friends!":
Hey guys if you’re looking for an awesome gift for someone. Look no further! Check out the website www.cakeandaprayer.com. I gave my friend a cake and a prayer for her birthday and she was blown away by it. The great thing about the gift was that the website had pre-written gift messages. I was surprised at the quality of the gift and the price. It included the gift card, cake (which was so good we all wanted more) and a framed scripture with my name signed on the bottom. Trust me you will not be disappointed! I used this discount code (GB080108) and got $10 off, try it!
Posted by Anonymous to Magick Sandwich at July 16, 2008 11:49 AM
I was thinking as I so callously deleted it that this comment was meant to advertise something. I'm not saying that the good folk over at Cake and A Prayer had anything to do with this, although I am oddly craving Bon Jovi. It looks like a fine company, one which would never stoop so low as to spam unto others. Obviously, this was a message from someone so moved by simultaneous cake on prayer action that he or she wanted to spontaneously share it with others.
In this person's rapture, it somehow escaped revelation that mine is not an ideal site on which to extol the virtues of scripture, be it gifted or pay-per-view. I must say, the angel food cake (what else?) does look like it would make the story go down a lot easier. And the prewritten gift messages show I care enough to pretend I'm literate without the hassle of having to form my own sentence. What a relief!
In the spirit of giving, I want to help this kind soul to spread the word and share the cake (transmogrification not included). One might think I'm helping to promote something I find personally abhorrent. But I'm happy to pay it forward in my own way--my blog, my rules-- where I control the horizontal and the vertical.
That, in my humble opinion, is the icing on the cake.
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OK, that piece is funny, any way you slice it.
I'm at a loss for words. I worship cake to an almost biblical proportion and this seems....blasphemous to me somehow. Is there anywhere the religious won't go to spread "the word"? What's next - a pill that makes you poop holy symbols?? Can't wait to see those pictures on the internet.
Funny post!
Sounds better than those damn stale crackers they always try to serve with scripture.
This reminds me of a bible verse:
"And He looked down upon the land and said to Abel 'hast thou not sought for the ingredients of cake, thou offers up the fattest calf as sacrifice, alas Me damnit, I want cake'"
No, I think you're right; your commenter was being kind of a douche. Ooops! I'm new here...may I say that?? Well, if you nuke my comment we all know what happened.
BTW, now I want Bon Jovi, too. It's an epidemic!!!
Don't worry, Bex. I'm a big fan of cursing and have been known to indulge in it on occasion.
Besides, I just got called a "stupid bitch" in the comments on one of my other posts and I didn't nuke that. But I do appreciate that you were calling someone else a douche instead of me. That's refreshing. (Eww, was that a subliminal douche pun?)
Also, I'm so glad you got the Bon Jovi reference. I couldn't get "Livin' on a Prayer" out of my head yesterday...crap, it's back.
Although I'm sure "Anonymous" meant well, I suspect that person didn't quite understand the tone of the original "Great Gifts" post.
Some people just don't have a sense of humor.
Of course, those of us that are perfect understood it completely! :-)
I'm so glad your Blog doesn't 'extol Scripture'! I'm new to Blogging and still surfing to get the hang of things and I so often come up against God that I think he must be getting as tired of our eetings as I am. I'm Australian and I write poems (silly and serious) about evertday life. I even mention agnosticism at times.
Have a look
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/
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