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.
Labels: Anonymous, atheism, Bon Jovi, cake, gift, humor, kathcom, magick sandwich, prayer, sarcasm, satire, spam, transmogrification
