"Have a Blessed Day"

Rant time.

There is a really nice security guard at one of the entrances to my work. Every car is greeted with a smile, a courteous wave of the hand to hold their ID cards against the reader, and a 'wish' to have a great day. Easy and simple, kind and cordial. Up until recently this guard's wish was, "Have a blessed day." This week however, we noticed he changed his fond wish to, "Have a great day."

Brilliant people are wrong all the time and there's a slight chance I could be wrong here, but I'm guessing someone complained. Someone like that South Park character above. Someone like these people. (The town in those articles borders my workplace.) Argh.

The problem may be that a significant portion of the US's politically active populace (apologies for the alliteration) walk around everyday looking to be offended, so that they can complain. The problem is, America was founded on the "right" to be offended. By this I mean our Constitution and Bill of Rights recognized that ensuring free speech was more important than worrying about a person being "offended."

Ok, deep breath, I'll conclude. The amiable security guard was not endorsing a religion. He is merely wishing good fortune to those he meets in the morning.

To counterbalance this random rant, here's another picture of Kristin Kreuk: