Most people do not want any Gypsy camps near them for the very reasons these Gypsys' are complaining about. Puting them on sites in the outermost regions make sense so as to preserve all the hard working ,tax paying and honest citizens of this country from a life of absolute hell.
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I would rather date a Gypsy than a dumb anglo/saxon.
England needs to be partitioned between Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Jamaca.
@D Laurier:
I think there maybe some confusion here. "Gypsy" here does not refer to actual Gypsies that everyone thinks of when they hear the word. I.E. the Romany Gypsies (like in Carmen ) that you seem to be talking about.
Charles is talking about, what are known in Britain as, "Pikeys" or so called "Travellers of Irish Decent" who are not a separate racial group. They are often erroneously called Gypsies which is unfortunate as the only similarity is they live in caravans (as in the things you tow with your car that Top Gear hate, not large groups of people travelling together for safety or selling silk). They are not the same group at all.
If you've ever run into Pikeys you'll understand why everyone else who has hates them. Seriously, the only people I know who defend them are people who've never actually met them. Don't get me wrong, I'd be willing to bet you can find a nice traveller. But I can only speak from personl experience and I've only met real dickheads and as a group they're more trouble than they're worth.
I vote this a 1 mainly because "pikeys" are not a race and they really can be little bastards.
Well, maybe I won't vote it a 1 - "all the hard working ,tax paying and honest citizens of this country" are the words of a twat who is most likely a racist anyway.
There are actually some real Romany in Britain, Katsuro. Funnily enough, they hate travellers too.
Oh, and D Laurier: that was racist. Yes, you can be racist about white folks.
{Note to pedants: I do know the English are not a 'race'.]
Psittacosis:
Yeah I know, I've seen one or two here and there although I've never really met any other than old ladies trying to get me to buy bits of dead heather (if anyone knows what the deal is with that please tell me).
But I gurantee Charles means the "pikeys". Although he might be one of those idiots who doesn't know the difference, there's a fair few.
Oh, I shouldn't think Charles would approve of Romanies, either, Katsuro. And, no I have no idea what the heather thing is about, either.
Be that as it may.
Lady Anne:
When I don't buy it and they start muttering something, are they cursing me (as in giving me a curse, not saying "fuck you" under their breath lol)? If so, how rude!
Oh, and why does it have to be dead heather?
Irish or Romany, from what I hear on international shortwave, this sentiment is widespread throughout Europe. Europeans are as likely to move if a Roma family moves in next door, maybe more so, than an American family is if a black or Hispanic family moves into the neighborhood. This, of course is highly individual, and Richard Dawkins pointed out it may be related to religion. Christian Evangelicals were most likely to leave in the United States. Can we assume that more religious people are also more racist in Europe?
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