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Considering their poverty, one would assume that they do. Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/06/2010 09:38:57 PM
I think that is as big of a deal in Eastern Europe to people as direct thievery is.

But in Belgium that's not as much of a stigma as it might be elsewhere - hell, lots of people do that. :P And I actually think they live off government money rather less than they might, precisely because they don't really assimilate and don't really know how to go about all the paperwork and things like that.

Those might just be prejudices, though, I really don't know more about them than what I occasionally read in the newspaper.
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Europeans - what is the deal with the gypsies? Tom - 26/06/2010 08:43:59 PM 1257 Views
I think you'd need to ask Central- and East-Europeans for more details, but... Legolas - 26/06/2010 08:55:04 PM 854 Views
Is there a sense that they live off subsidies etc.? Tom - 26/06/2010 09:35:12 PM 842 Views
Considering their poverty, one would assume that they do. Legolas - 26/06/2010 09:38:57 PM 834 Views
I have never noticed anything like that with gypsies here. jh - 26/06/2010 09:23:26 PM 730 Views
If it were a problem, I doubt you would have to look to notice it. Tom - 26/06/2010 09:34:05 PM 770 Views
They are here too.. @my - 27/06/2010 01:36:07 AM 771 Views
If you mean the guys who run the roofing and driveway paving scams, among others, they're... Vodalus - 27/06/2010 07:49:39 AM 817 Views
National Geographic put out an informative article on the Gypsies and the discrimination... Vodalus - 27/06/2010 07:49:08 AM 841 Views
Yes, and you have to pay to get the whole article. Tom - 27/06/2010 03:05:04 PM 795 Views
do they look any different than the rest of you folks? Aisha - 27/06/2010 08:08:31 AM 807 Views
Since they're of Indian origin, they actually look more like you. Vodalus - 27/06/2010 08:22:26 AM 807 Views
im not indian, i dont look indian, but i guess i get what youre saying, dark skin, dark hair.... Aisha - 27/06/2010 06:32:03 PM 1212 Views
No offense meant. I realize you're Pakistani, not Indian. But since Pakistan was created to... Vodalus - 27/06/2010 07:06:28 PM 884 Views
Re: No offense meant. I realize you're Pakistani, not Indian. But since Pakistan was created to... Aisha - 27/06/2010 08:37:39 PM 882 Views
Yes. They tend to look like they came from India several centuries ago. Tom - 27/06/2010 03:13:08 PM 816 Views
It's nothing like what you describe in Russia. Tim - 27/06/2010 09:20:55 AM 835 Views
I know what people are trying to say about the Holocaust. Tom - 27/06/2010 03:15:06 PM 750 Views
I'm also curious about the Tramps and Thieves. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 27/06/2010 08:27:49 PM 313 Views
I think it is more extreme in Eastern Europe Camilla - 28/06/2010 02:11:01 PM 964 Views
That's awful!!! Tom - 28/06/2010 11:03:43 PM 734 Views
Re: That's awful!!! Camilla - 28/06/2010 11:31:43 PM 773 Views
Social services might need kids to help clear minefields in Bosnia... Tom - 28/06/2010 11:36:58 PM 811 Views
Argh. Elaine - 28/06/2010 02:17:50 PM 937 Views
Maybe Ireland needs to be more like Scotland. Rebekah - 28/06/2010 02:58:11 PM 685 Views
Jesus, imagine the rain if we combined the two... Elaine - 28/06/2010 03:10:38 PM 704 Views
How is it that they have freedom of movement if they get deported? Tom - 28/06/2010 11:38:11 PM 839 Views
Political posturing, as usual. Elaine - 29/06/2010 02:19:59 PM 897 Views
There is nothing that could justify an attack like this one. wahooka - 29/06/2010 02:09:54 PM 740 Views
Being from the UK, it is hard to say fairly. snoopcester - 01/07/2010 02:10:13 PM 983 Views
An old gypsy woman LITERALLY tried to curse me in a French train station The Count - 02/07/2010 02:59:36 AM 976 Views
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