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Being from the UK, it is hard to say fairly. snoopcester Send a noteboard - 01/07/2010 02:10:13 PM
The gypsies around these parts aren't real gypsies, except in rare cases. We get Irish travellers... they really don't have a good reputation though, not around any part of England I've lived.
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Europeans - what is the deal with the gypsies? Tom - 26/06/2010 08:43:59 PM 1255 Views
I think you'd need to ask Central- and East-Europeans for more details, but... Legolas - 26/06/2010 08:55:04 PM 850 Views
Is there a sense that they live off subsidies etc.? Tom - 26/06/2010 09:35:12 PM 840 Views
Considering their poverty, one would assume that they do. Legolas - 26/06/2010 09:38:57 PM 832 Views
I have never noticed anything like that with gypsies here. jh - 26/06/2010 09:23:26 PM 725 Views
If it were a problem, I doubt you would have to look to notice it. Tom - 26/06/2010 09:34:05 PM 767 Views
They are here too.. @my - 27/06/2010 01:36:07 AM 764 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 815 Views
National Geographic put out an informative article on the Gypsies and the discrimination... Vodalus - 27/06/2010 07:49:08 AM 836 Views
Yes, and you have to pay to get the whole article. Tom - 27/06/2010 03:05:04 PM 794 Views
do they look any different than the rest of you folks? Aisha - 27/06/2010 08:08:31 AM 804 Views
Since they're of Indian origin, they actually look more like you. Vodalus - 27/06/2010 08:22:26 AM 806 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 1210 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 880 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 875 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 832 Views
I know what people are trying to say about the Holocaust. Tom - 27/06/2010 03:15:06 PM 749 Views
I'm also curious about the Tramps and Thieves. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 27/06/2010 08:27:49 PM 311 Views
I think it is more extreme in Eastern Europe Camilla - 28/06/2010 02:11:01 PM 958 Views
That's awful!!! Tom - 28/06/2010 11:03:43 PM 730 Views
Re: That's awful!!! Camilla - 28/06/2010 11:31:43 PM 771 Views
Social services might need kids to help clear minefields in Bosnia... Tom - 28/06/2010 11:36:58 PM 803 Views
Argh. Elaine - 28/06/2010 02:17:50 PM 936 Views
Maybe Ireland needs to be more like Scotland. Rebekah - 28/06/2010 02:58:11 PM 681 Views
Jesus, imagine the rain if we combined the two... Elaine - 28/06/2010 03:10:38 PM 700 Views
How is it that they have freedom of movement if they get deported? Tom - 28/06/2010 11:38:11 PM 837 Views
Political posturing, as usual. Elaine - 29/06/2010 02:19:59 PM 888 Views
There is nothing that could justify an attack like this one. wahooka - 29/06/2010 02:09:54 PM 734 Views
Being from the UK, it is hard to say fairly. snoopcester - 01/07/2010 02:10:13 PM 981 Views
An old gypsy woman LITERALLY tried to curse me in a French train station The Count - 02/07/2010 02:59:36 AM 969 Views
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