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Originally Posted by Derek
I'm a realist. There are plenty of gypsies / travellers who are perfectly law abiding but a significant number do get involved in criminality. It's also pretty much a given when an bunch of caravans appear the crime rate for shopliftings, theft of metals, criminal damage and bogus workmen spike and remain higher till they move on.
That might offend the muesli eating, sandal wearers in the audience but it happens to be the truth.
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I also as a sandal wearing but non muesli eating liberal would like to think that we would sympathise with those travellers whom are law abiding and might actually get a break from being tarred with the same brush..
We cannot treat a whole community this way just because of a few.
There are criminal types living in my town but I don't get labelled as a criminal as a consequence..why should honest travellers be labelled this way?