Comments on: A Lesson In Reality Morality

By: Canadian Bald Guy

Canadian Bald Guy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:14:11 +0000

I really do appreciate you taking the time to read and comment, Dan. Good to see you’re as classy as I’ve read.

Take care.

By: Dan Gheesling (@DanGheesling)

Dan Gheesling (@DanGheesling) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:56:07 +0000

CBG,

Really enjoyed this article, but I’m not going to lie, I was expecting to read at the end of it, you stating that the ends don’t justify the means. I appreciate you taking the time out to explain things pretty much as I would in this article! Very cool read.

-Dan

PS – Epic blog.

By: Canadian Bald Guy

Canadian Bald Guy — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:16:57 +0000

Previous winners can do extremely well or get the boot very early. I’m still shocked that Dan made it as far as he did considering the target that must have been on his back from the day he walked into the house.

Thanks for the link. I’ll go check it out.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:04:15 +0000

My wife and I were rooting for Dan the whole season. You have to keep in mind that it’s a game! And his gameplay was both brilliant and highly entertaining. It’s also a TV show, and Dan made the season!

What were the odds that a previous winner would make it all the way to the final two? If Dan had not played the game the way he did, he would have been booted way earlier, along with the other three returning players. Considering that it’s a game, the only real negative to his gameplay is that in the end, there was no way the jury was going to vote for him over the other finalist.

As far as his morality, I wrote an article in my blog about Dan Gheesling from a spiritual and Biblical perspective that you might find interesting. It’s called “Dan Gheesling: Judas, Jesus, . . . or Jacob?” You’ll find it at this link:

http://leewoof.org/dan-gheesling-judas-jesus-or-jacob/

Enjoy!
–Lee

By: Canadian Bald Guy

Canadian Bald Guy — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:40:51 +0000

I don’t disagree, but I thought he was still pretty humble and modest at the end. If you take somebody like Russel Hantz from Survivor and that incredible first game that he played, then see just how much of a douchebag he was in the question/answer session…then you can see how Dan’s speech wasn’t too bad at all.

But yeah, the speech could have been a bit better.

By: Canadian Bald Guy

Canadian Bald Guy — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:37:47 +0000

I don’t have a problem with Ian winning. I, too, thought it was a given that Dan would win when Ian took him to the finals. Ian deserves it, for sure…it’s just that I think Dan deserves it more.

I think more than once a year would be overkill. I look forward to it every summer and it’s really the best time to put it on the air.

I think I’d be a great player, too…but I’m a better fan than player, I think.

By: Canadian Bald Guy

Canadian Bald Guy — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:34:27 +0000

Semantics.

Heh…

By: Leah @ The Miracle Journal

Leah @ The Miracle Journal — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:23:00 +0000

I think he could have pulled it out with a slightly different tack in his final speech. Instead of leaving it at, “I did what I had to do,” if he’d said, “You all know that I played the first time as an absolutely faithful guy. If I’d played that same game a second time, there’s no way I’d be in the final two, because you already know what that game looks like and could have strategized against it. I had to change my game radically in order to keep myself in it, and the polar opposite of absolutely faithful is dirty rotten liar. It’s what no one would expect from me based on how I played last time. So within the context of the game I lied to every single one of you because that was the only strategy that would get me here. I hope that you’ll respect the game that I played, even if you don’t appreciate every decision that I made.” I think he at least would have garnered some more respect, if not votes. With that said, I’m still glad Ian won, although I think Dan probably deserved the win.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:29:20 +0000

I too am a huge fan. I was definiately Team Dan the 1st time he won. This time, I was on the fence. I knew he deserved to win, but I didn’t agree with his dirty plan. (Especially since he won the 1st time by still being an upstanding guy.) And although I like to see the allstars return, I’d rather see someone “new” win. And with Ian being a super fan AND currently goes to school near my home town, a part of me wanted him to win from the beginning. And actually, I thought he had lost the game when he brought Dan with him in the final 2.

I just wish it was on more than once a year. Like the year of the writer’s strike when they had 2 seasons in 1 year. Loved that!

I think you would be an awesome player. Just sayin’! (Sorry Sunshine!) I could never play the game.

By: mommasunshine

mommasunshine — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:38:31 +0000

*ahem*

Okay, for the record, I totally did NOT say “No” to you auditioning for Big Brother Canada. I said that you could do it, and that I wouldn’t stand in your way, but that I wouldn’t help, either. I simply said that you were on your own.

BIG difference between that and saying no. Just sayin’. :-p