Under the city's panhandling ordinance, aggressive refers to panhandling done in a way that instills fear in a reasonable person to compel that person to give.

In the early 1990s, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington challenged the ordinance in court, with a judge upholding the law but removing some language.

Doug Honig, the group's communications director, said that as long as the brochure does not misstate the law, it does not seem to violate civil liberties.

People may find it distasteful or feel uncomfortable when they are approached by a beggar, Honig said, but those feelings alone do not make panhandling illegal.

This is comforting, feelings alone do not make for illegality. I am uncomfortable with the language used though, can I hand out a brochure on how to talk with each other?

What kind of brochures do we need in Olympia?