scottdisco
rip this joint please
a friend of mine, her brother is the administrator/head honcho for one particular posse of chuggers (they're somewhere in the Manchester area, poss' Mcr city centre, i forget), and although i don't know details of what goes on, i know she has a low view of his job. he doesn't go out chugging, he's in an office somewhere.
anyway, my two c (much like chuggers, i am rudely inflicting without asking) is although it would be good if the need for chuggers was not around, it clearly is, and if some hardscrabble kids have to get in your face, so be it. there are many people who have started giving a little bit to fine, upstanding charities purely because some kid took the time to duck into their path whilst they were out in town.
end of, really.
i totally hear what Baboon is saying about wouldn't it be nice if the state took care of everything they're touting for (whether it's a dogs' home, Amnesty, a cancer research charity, Children International, whatever), but, the perfect is the enemy of the good, yunno?
admittedly Nomad's tale is an interesting one, i think the charitable sector in the USA raises more money per head than in the UK (tax deductible innit), but i can't imagine it's better regulated in any particular way, shape or form (that said my American ex worked for a non-profit for ages and they did a lot of good work, keenly regulated).
i mean, like anyone, i get accosted a lot, and apart from a rare occasion when i wanna hear what they have to say, a simple 'sorry' or 'no thanks' and you're both off on your separate ways again...
anyway, my two c (much like chuggers, i am rudely inflicting without asking) is although it would be good if the need for chuggers was not around, it clearly is, and if some hardscrabble kids have to get in your face, so be it. there are many people who have started giving a little bit to fine, upstanding charities purely because some kid took the time to duck into their path whilst they were out in town.
end of, really.
i totally hear what Baboon is saying about wouldn't it be nice if the state took care of everything they're touting for (whether it's a dogs' home, Amnesty, a cancer research charity, Children International, whatever), but, the perfect is the enemy of the good, yunno?
admittedly Nomad's tale is an interesting one, i think the charitable sector in the USA raises more money per head than in the UK (tax deductible innit), but i can't imagine it's better regulated in any particular way, shape or form (that said my American ex worked for a non-profit for ages and they did a lot of good work, keenly regulated).
i mean, like anyone, i get accosted a lot, and apart from a rare occasion when i wanna hear what they have to say, a simple 'sorry' or 'no thanks' and you're both off on your separate ways again...
