A good day

[pch1.livejournal.com]

So I knew yesterday was going to be a good day when I was able to walk by both Starbucks and Diesel Cafe without being approached by any of the kids repping Save The GreenPeace Children from Masspirg.  Then I started to wonder, why is it that these guys can so relentlessly solicit donations everyday, yet if they were to put down their clipboards and strap on a guitar and play for donations they could be ticketed or asked to stop for performing without a permit.

What's up with the priorities around here.  I'd much rather be passing by a street performer than a political missionary.

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I find them really annoying, but I at least sympathize with the folks shilling for organizations I support.

OTOH, when the guy representing the so-called HRC stopping me in the street as I was getting on my bike, I took the time to tell him why I would never support his organization. He clearly had no real idea what the HRC even did, ignored everything I said, and tried to make me out to be some sort of homophobe for not supporting them. I hate to even think about all the well-intentioned money going down the drain there.

[elements.livejournal.com]

I had a similar encounter at Pride. They hadn't remotely altered their "Do you have a minute for gay rights?" pitch, and I finally said to one that given I'd just spent the whole day at a queer event, perhaps the issue wasn't whether I had a minute for gay rights, but whether their org had a minute for the rights of any more marginalized queer populations. Doubt it could have any effect, but it really irked me to be asked if I "had a minute" when I was clearly attending an explicitly queer event.