[JoeSchem]

Aren't they all really just words?

Every ancient culture attributed magical powers to words. The Bible tells of God 'speaking' the world into existence. Pagans believe that words can cast spells. And system programmers still worship at the command-line prompt.

[stuartcr]

Telling someone to 'go to ....' doesn't really send them there, just as telling someone to do something to themselves, doesn't make them do it.