Posted on 03/16/2017 2:35:20 PM PDT by Zakeet
Please stop acknowledging my bodily functions.
"Bless you" is a phrase so reflexively spoken upon hearing a sneeze that many of us forgot or don't even know where it came from. It has obvious religious connotations but they're archaic and no longer make any sense in our modern-day world. You don't protect your friend from the devil when she coughs so please, let her sneeze in peace. Here are five reasons why "bless you" has to go.
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2. Religious political correctness. You never know who you're trying to bless and not everyone's going to be receptive of your random act of kindness. Atheists, for example, might respond to a "bless you" with a roll of the eyes. Someone of another faith may not appreciate your blessings if they perceive you to be of another (potentially opposing) set of beliefs.
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Since it irritates Ariel Scotti so much, I say ‘continue to use it.’
Is stopping now enough, or do have to shout “I condemn you to Hell for all of eternity for sneezing in my presence you pestilent cretin” at every sneeze?
It’s time we all stopped saying ‘God Bless You’ (when people sneeze)
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the hell it is.
I say it every single time. it is religious and cultural.
I will not have my religion or culture taken from me.
‘God bless you’ has a different meaning down here in the south.
Medical science shows that your heart slows and can “skip” a beat when you sneeze. While this won’t kill you, people with already low blood pressure may pass out.
I’m NOT going to read Ariel Scotti’s stupid column because it’s obvious to me that s/he has time to waste and I don’t.
You need a shrink, Ariel. Your neuroses are personal. :-)
Ok. If that doesn’t work for you, how ‘bout ‘*U*K You’.
And people say work camps are a bad things. But if this person has time to think up crap like this they have time to lay down a few miles of tarmac in the hot Louisiana sun. Just for starters.
well bless her little heart...
What if we rate her performance? “Wow, that was impressive.” or “Well, I thought from the wind-up it would be more substantial than it was.”
i suggest this guy mind his own business because I will say what I want to say.
May God bless her pea picking precious heart many times over.
ha ha.
You beat me to it! :-)
OK. I’ll start yelling Allahu Akbar when someone sneezes. Let’s see how that goes over with PC Libs.
Is that like “Bless Your Heart”?
>>Atheists, for example, might respond to a “bless you” with a roll of the eyes. Someone of another faith may not appreciate your blessings if they perceive you to be of another (potentially opposing) set of beliefs.
For you will heap burning coals on his head,
And the LORD will reward you.
:)
Snowflakes such as Miss Snotti, getting nowhere with their “traditional” petty complaints, are just exploring new reasons to be offended by normal people.
These libs are a barrel of fun, aren’t they?
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