I thought I had little to contribute but this has given me an insight into some of the fundamental differences between British subjects and US citizens. The New York Met. Museum is, I assume free, but a recommended donation is asked for and no one seems to mind paying it. Is it really a british thing that requires some order needs to be maintained, like queing, to avoid chaos. Is it a US thing that once you have the money you hang on like crazy. Surely freedom, broadly speaking, in the sense of what it meant in framing the US constitution, was the freedom to own and aquire property (including slaves) without the intervention of government. Does anyone consider that personal freedoms may impinge on someone else's freedom? Somehow, to me, the majority of US citizens are too far right to be assosciated with Anarchists and yet that is what is being advocated, bring it on! As for big business, this festival is small beans, address bigger issues like being robbed blind by the very rich and stop squabbling over peanuts, cos that is what it is. So citizens see a business opportunity and grab and hold on like alligators and subjects see a business opportunity and regulate it. ( We tried de-regulation and look at the bother that got us into) OK people have livings to make but I do have issues with buskers at "free" festivals, that is a brit thing, like tipping and paying twice and paying when it is free..........oh and one other thing............no stop where I am ...nearly tripped over a hornets nest!