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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8548417.stm
Apparently not the first time a fence has been built to separate Romas from the rest, but this time the government actually paid for it. Do you think the people are justified in wanting this?
I was actually ripped off by a "gypsy" when I was in Bosnia, but I try not to let it make me judge them as a whole people.
Edit: Just to clarify for anyone who doesn't click the link, it is not a country-wide thing... just in one town.
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I lived in Bosnia until I was 11, then moved to Canada.
Gypsies are despised there because for the most part they live in their nomadic ghettos (if that makes sense), they are typically involved in some kind of law-breaking enterprise, and they are well-known to steal children and teens and sell them to gangs/organized crime and prostitution rings. The worst of the worst.
However, with all that said I'm sure there are lots of Roma's that do well and are law-abiding citizens, but they're still in the minority...