In the course of our door-to-door leafleting, we have some interesting exchanges with people. Mostly positive, when men and women quickly grasp what we’re campaigning about, but it would be dishonest to say this is always the case.
Earlier today we were dropping leaflets through the letterboxes of people in Sutton in Ashfield. One recipient was Ashley B, who later emailed me with the following:
I have a polite notice on my property that asks people not to post unwanted materials through my letter box. I have arrived home today to find one of your leaflets in my letter box, what a waste of paper. Please in future respect my wishes.
Regards,
Ashley <surname retracted>
Parkway, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
Sent from my iPhone
I replied:
So you’re not interested to know the 20 areas in which the state assaults the human rights of men and boys? Not interested in fathers committing suicide because they’re denied access to their kids? Not interested in there being no support for male victims of domestic violence?
Ashley:
No.
I replied:
In that case, I’m delighted to have annoyed you.
Justice for Men & Boys 
Ka pai. Choice…put a smile on my dial 🙂 http://www.fathershaverights.kiwi.nz
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That’s our classic dry English wit for you. So good that the Yanks my age had to steal it for their chan culture. With more buzzwords, but still.
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Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..
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What did you expect from a female? After all, you are asking her to be reasonable and fair, that just doesn’t work when you want to stay riding a gravy-train.
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Ah, you raise an interesting point. I’ve known both men and women with this name. Either way, I’m glad (s)he was annoyed haha!
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i would have thought that the fact the she( likely it is a she) made an effort to email you not once but twice( she could have just ignored your response) would speak volumes about engagement.
when you put a polite notice not to have material posted your door, you generally don’t go and challenge the poster ( classic shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted mentality).
could have been more polite about it to the extent of
“sorry but this is important enough for you to be aware of it, because many of the people who claim to represent us refuse to do any thing about it.”
“several hundred thousand people in the UK alone ( not to mention the millions worldwide consider the issues so important and definitely not a waste of time/paper that they are prepared to fight for their rights to protect themselves and their loved ones from life changing acts of barbarity and these will include every male member of your extended family”
“BTW cats and dogs have more protection under law than do any males in the UK”
anyway at least you had engagement, to be fair politics has become so dirty and hypocritical that I would not blame anyone for not wanting to engage on the issues or receive the main parties cr*p through the door.
BTW mike did you get a positive responses to the leafleting that you can share with us?
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I love your humour, Mike, keep it flowing 🙂
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