Sunday, May 11, 2008

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1. I mind them coming to the door more than I mind them in the street, but I don’t like the shouting hell fire any more than I like anyone else drunk/mentally ill shouting in the street. But arresting them will only increase their persecution complex so possibly not the best thing to do. I usually politely tell them to keep their propaganda (it is more polite than taking a tract and ripping it to pieces before their very eyes) but the other half prefers me to walk by and say nothing.

   Posted by  on May 12, 2008 @ 08:38 PM

2. One way to deal with the problem of importunate preachers in Northern Ireland (and which might be culturally apposite) would be to combine the native love of bonfires with the preachers’ yearning for martyrdom.

   “Crackin’!” combined with crackling - yu cuddint bate it!

   Posted by  on May 12, 2008 @ 09:02 PM

3. Oranges for sale.

   I consider anyone putting their hands on my person uninvited to be assaulting me, and I think the law would take a similar view.

   Beggars and chuggers I treat the same way as I treat the evangelists, they get a polite refusal if they make a polite offer (Though I do have a soft spot for homeless drunks, a few coins to relieve the misery does no harm).

   Posted by  on May 12, 2008 @ 10:12 PM

4. TAFKABO

   Fair enough!

   Posted by  on May 12, 2008 @ 10:17 PM

5. Rory,

   ‘My response to that suggestion need not be recorded here.’

   ‘Is the Pope a Catholic ‘ ? perhaps :)

   Posted by  on May 13, 2008 @ 04:27 PM

6. I do have a soft spot for homeless drunks, a few coins to relieve the misery does no harm

   Totally agree with that. I never begrudge a homeless street person a few dollars because they might spend it on booze or cigarettes. They have a horrible existence and , whatever helps get through the daily misery is ok with me..

   Posted by  on May 14, 2008 @ 02:57 AM
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