On 11 Apr 2007 at 11:16, Andrew Stiller wrote: > On Apr 11, 2007, at 8:41 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > But what I don't understand is why out of a sample that large, even > > in morning rush hour there weren't more people who took a couple of > > minutes to stop and listen. > > I originally wrote a long answer to this, but then thought better of > it. Instead, I will simply say this: that a busker is a form of > beggar, and everything else follows from that.
A beggar who gives something in return, sure. That point seems to me to emphasize the idea that was my original reaction to the whole thing, that this is a cultural issue that differs from city to city -- NYC and San Francisco perhaps have a different feeling about their "beggar" class than the residents of the DC area who passed through this Metro stop. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
