Brickbat: Bad Habits

Police in Bangalore, India arrested Ed Sheeran for busking without a permit. The four-time Grammy winner insists he did have permission. It wasn't just us randomly turning up," he said. Police said someone called to complain shortly after he started playing

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[rbike]

Who?

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Too local?

[defaultdotxbe]

In fairness I'd complain immediately after he started playing too, permit or no.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The colonized become the colonizer.

[Adans smith]

Apparently India has Karen's too, or Indira's?

[Vernon Depner]

India has lots of petty bureaucrats who make their living selling permits.

[PuddingHead]

Fair cop.

[Don’t get eliminated (all the sudden I have no idea where I am on the list)]

Don’t want to be treated like a thug? Don’t play shitty music on the street like a thug.

[mad.casual]

It wasn't just us randomly turning up," he said.

Reason quoting CNN quoting Sheeran with a single quotation mark makes me want to murder everyone involved".

[Don't look at me! (No longer muted!)]

Punctuation nazi!

[Bertram Guilfoyle]

"Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason."

[sarcasmic]

Not a fan of his music, however his use of loops is impressive and he is a good performer.

[Incunabulum]

Based Indians;)

[NealAppeal]

He just didn't grease enough palms and didn't have the forethought that there will be more payouts to be made during and after the performance.

[SIV]

No snakes were charmed

[AT]

I'd say that's valid.

There's a time and a place for buskers. It's not in busy thoroughfares that disrupt local commerce. The Gaia Cult weirdos haven't figured that out, and it's why everybody hates them.