I'm no thief, don't treat me like one

Have you ever known a person to get incredibly angry at normal television adverts? Or tear down bill boards in absolute rage just because it's saying

"we have this product, want one?"

I haven't (even if they claim that water droplets cause tiny lasers scorching into your car paintwork, which is a blatant lie, I only make a passing comment)
Then why do people react so badly to sponsored events for charity? Before they are even asked? They can always say "no" even IF asked.

I'm angry cos I changed my msn name to my sponsor link; a friend of mine did it & I sponsored him, I wouldn't have known of his event if he didn't change his display name. It's effective but by doing so I am not forcing anyone to get their wallets out. No doubt I will eventually ask people but on this occasion, all I said was

"hi hi"

and the reaction I got was

"go away".

Anyone adverse to charity could pretend not to have noticed the name or just say "no thankyou" when actually asked. I can't pry money out of anyone, no-one should feel as though they're being robbed. If you own a credit card, you're old enough to vote and you're old enough to make decisions for yourself no matter how much sweet talking I or anyone else does.

Of course, I know a lot of you reading this have manners and are in fact very generous people and I thank everyone in advance whether you sponsor me, come and cheer me along or simply send me a few encouraging words. I prefer that very much more to "go away" even if it was joke, it's not funny. "Break a leg" is funny.