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Yes. They tend to look like they came from India several centuries ago. Tom Send a noteboard - 27/06/2010 03:13:08 PM
Which is exactly what happened.

Given that they have NOT assimilated into the nations that host them for so long, when they show the "poor gypsy houses" in the Czech Republic the question is: "well, are they living in squalor by choice or due to discrimination?"
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Europeans - what is the deal with the gypsies? - 26/06/2010 08:43:59 PM 1173 Views
I think you'd need to ask Central- and East-Europeans for more details, but... - 26/06/2010 08:55:04 PM 796 Views
Is there a sense that they live off subsidies etc.? - 26/06/2010 09:35:12 PM 783 Views
Considering their poverty, one would assume that they do. - 26/06/2010 09:38:57 PM 780 Views
They are here too.. - 27/06/2010 01:36:07 AM 705 Views
do they look any different than the rest of you folks? - 27/06/2010 08:08:31 AM 728 Views
Yes. They tend to look like they came from India several centuries ago. - 27/06/2010 03:13:08 PM 759 Views
It's nothing like what you describe in Russia. - 27/06/2010 09:20:55 AM 770 Views
I know what people are trying to say about the Holocaust. - 27/06/2010 03:15:06 PM 699 Views
I'm also curious about the Tramps and Thieves. *NM* - 27/06/2010 08:27:49 PM 283 Views
I think it is more extreme in Eastern Europe - 28/06/2010 02:11:01 PM 907 Views
That's awful!!! - 28/06/2010 11:03:43 PM 673 Views
Re: That's awful!!! - 28/06/2010 11:31:43 PM 709 Views
Argh. - 28/06/2010 02:17:50 PM 874 Views
Maybe Ireland needs to be more like Scotland. - 28/06/2010 02:58:11 PM 619 Views
Jesus, imagine the rain if we combined the two... - 28/06/2010 03:10:38 PM 643 Views
How is it that they have freedom of movement if they get deported? - 28/06/2010 11:38:11 PM 777 Views
Political posturing, as usual. - 29/06/2010 02:19:59 PM 824 Views
There is nothing that could justify an attack like this one. - 29/06/2010 02:09:54 PM 662 Views
Being from the UK, it is hard to say fairly. - 01/07/2010 02:10:13 PM 918 Views

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