Thing is, back in the day, blink did have its uses...

    <blink><font color="red">"If you click continue, 
    your database will be irretrievably deleted, your 
    children shipped off to coal mines, and your tea 
    served lukewarm."</font></blink>

Even corporate intranets loved it: http://forums.asp.net/post/433145.aspx

It worked!