[Dallas59]

Racism!/s

[rellimpank]

-—I guess “gypsy” is no longer an acceptable term-—

[dalebert]

racial profiling and racism?

[luvbach1]

I was in Slovakia in 1988 and observed a horse and wagon being driven at full gallop down a street. It was a gypsy at the reins, my pen pal, whom I was visiting, so informed me. “They do anything they want,” she said.

[Mobties]

I detect the unmistakable foul, familiar aROMA of political correctness.

I hate it when there's a new politically correct word that is meant to replace a word with long and accepted usage, like “gypsy”. I don't see the problem with “gypsy and in any case, anyone reading “Roma” is going to think “gypsy” anyway and may well, as I did, wonder what prompted the change and what stigma attaches to “gypsy”. Whatever stigma attaches to "gypsy" will immediately attach to "Roma", probably more so. You can bet on it.

I hate the smell of political correctness in the morning. It smells like ........ hypocrisy.

[Carley]

I suspect Germany will be doing the same now that FRance has broken through with deportations.

Some years ago, while in Germany, the ‘authorities’ swarm through the Frankfurt airport/train station and routed the Romas (gypsies) out of the facility.

Pickpocketing seemed to be their method of support causing all kinds of problems on the trains and in the waiting rooms.

[RayChuang88]

Interestingly, a lot of these Roma people are settling down--they want their children to actually get a decent education and advance in life. This is especially true in Spain with its large Romani population officially llisted at around 750,000. And many Romani have migrated to the USA, too.

[wolfcreek]

“Each adult to participate in the repatriation program is to receive 300 euros from the French government, and 100 euros for every minor that leaves the country.”

Wonder if this would work with our *immigrant* problem?

[John O]

So they are getting rid of a small blip of trouble while welcoming the huge stain of islam? When do they start deproting the real terrorists?

[Allthegoodusernamesaregone]

They are Roma, gypsies.. they have NO home countries unless they go back to Eurasia (India, Pakistan). They are the same scourge in Eastern Europe as they are all over the world.

[BigCinBigD]

Quick! Somebody call...Cher!!

[avid]

Won’t help. A bus ticket from Bulgaria to France or Germany costs around 60-80 Euro and they are free to move within the EU. They’ll be back withing a couple of days.