• Riot police raid illegal gypsy site Dale Farm - 7 arrested, many injured
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[QUOTE=mr apple;32886055]The difference between them and Aboriginals is that Gypsys are an [B]ethnic group not a race.[/B] I'll repeat that, [h2]ethnic group, not a race.[/h2] stop insulting people because they're right and you're wrong[/QUOTE] As if that makes it any better?
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;32882997]Scrap metal theft occurs everywhere, and it's not just Gypsies who do it, ya'know. Besides, they already do pay some taxes. i.e VAT and import taxes, fuel duty, etc. I don't understand why people say not paying council tax is 'living scot free'. it's not like they walk into a shop with a TV and say "Hello, I'm a gypsie, I'd like the VAT removed off this TV please"[/QUOTE] You don't have to go into shops to buy things necessarily though, go to a market and you can find everything you could want really so I doubt they get hit by VAT much, I should imagine living the way they do they use red diesel or something of the like. Plus they are still eligible for benefits including job seeker's as they often don't have proper jobs. I'd also bet that a lot of scrap metal theft is done by gypsy's but regardless I still think they should do something to combat it, regardless of who is doing it..
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;32882997]Scrap metal theft occurs everywhere, and it's not just Gypsies who do it, ya'know. Besides, they already do pay some taxes. i.e VAT and import taxes, fuel duty, etc. I don't understand why people say not paying council tax is 'living scot free'. it's not like they walk into a shop with a TV and say "Hello, I'm a gypsie, I'd like the VAT removed off this TV please"[/QUOTE] Exactly, they'd just walk in, pick it up and walk out.
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;32886202]As if that makes it any better?[/QUOTE] well yeah there's an element of choice involved with ethnicity, but not with race we dislike them based on their lifestyle decisions
why are people complaining about this being racist and bigoted? There are reasons to question police actions in general when concerning gypsies, however to call it racism is to completely misunderstand the entire argument. In fact, to cry racism is to make all people who want better treatment of them look ridiculous, well done.
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