Penny, I'm not sure you understand the difference in the definitions

Maybe not? - but I'm not sure you do either and I don't accept The Garage comment.


I don't expect to come back to my car parked on the street to find it's a had a full service without requesting it (however good the mechanic)and see a hat next to the mechanic saying "Thank you"

I also feel in a lot of cases the Busker Does give the impression of being penniless - if nothing else than the fact that they have a hat on the floor asking for money, often dress scruffy etc...

as I have read through the above many of the writers (even those who have opposed the Buskers begging theory) have made comments like "but it depends how well they play" etc. who decides that?

what it boils down to is they are there asking for money. As for a "social contract" - male cow excreta! Just excuses for Buskers worrying about the stigma that has become associated with the term "Begging"

I also haven't seen many Buskers coming forward stating that they make Tax returns? and although this wouldn't change my opinion that Busking is begging, it would convince me that Buskers actually believed they were doing a job of work and not just doing what they enjoyed doing and solicited money from passers by for doing so.

I still believe from the dictionary definitions that Busking is Begging and will do until someone comes up with a better argument than yours Blues=Life.

However I have not criticized either busking or begging.

I am Happy to state that we go busking/Begging every week to raise money for charity - because the money goes to charity doesn't change the fact that we are begging, because the audience appears to enjoy what we do doesn't change the fact we're begging, we have no contract, verbal written or Social we do what we enjoy doing and people throw money in a bucket we beg them to give us that money - and thank everyone of them for doing so.

PB