I guess the difference is that Girl Guides don't infer that that you're going to hell (albeit in a really, nice, nice unobstrusive way). They're just hawking cookies. Same goes for the chocolate almond crowd.
I quite imagine a missionary being told off is water off their backs. Probably solidifies their beliefs of holding faith as a long, arduous road fraught with unpopularity. All the same, the heretofore unsolicited homeowner -- whose privacy has been breached -- has every right to be offended. It's all about the message, not the method.
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