On 11 Apr 2007 at 12:56, Raymond Horton wrote:

> 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.
> >
> That is an excellent way of looking at it, also. 
> 
> David and I are both saying that there are good explanations why a
> great many people ignored him.  We think it is quite odd that
> virtually _all_ the people ignored him. 

Exactly! Thanks for articulating it fo pithily.

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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