France expels its gypsies

[PeteLockwood]

i think it is a mix of both, surely even they must understand why France does not want them ? that woman (cant remember her name, the one from Luxembourg i think) would she welcome such people to live in her back garden ? i think not

[Osem]

Originally Posted by PeteL

i think it is a mix of both, surely even they must understand why France does not want them ? that woman (cant remember her name, the one from Luxembourg i think) would she welcome such people to live in her back garden ? i think not

I'm sure they've come to expect hostility wherever they go - for them it's a fact of life.

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by PeteL

... live in her back garden ?...

There is a difference between evicting trespassers because they have broken the law, and deporting an ethnic minority because some of them are "troublemakers".

[Osem]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

There is a difference between evicting trespassers because they have broken the law, and deporting an ethnic minority because some of them are "troublemakers".

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

But with a very large fine attached.I'm sure the Taxpayers in France won't be impressed.

I really can't see a large fine being paid even if the EC get's round to imposing one.

[PeteLockwood]

Originally Posted by Osem

I'm sure they've come to expect hostility wherever they go - for them it's a fact of life.

so like i said, they need to change opinions of themselves amongst others or stop being suprised when they are forcibly moved on

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Originally Posted by TheNorm

There is a difference between evicting trespassers because they have broken the law, and deporting an ethnic minority because some of them are "troublemakers".

of course thats true, then why don't they try to integrate with society rather than take their own were ever they "set up camp" ultimately changing the way people perceive them?

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by PeteL

...changing the way people perceive them?

Well, I'd love to change the way people perceive the British who live in Spain, or those who go on holiday to Kos, or those who attend football matches, but there is only so much I can do.

What makes you think the Roma are any different?

[PeteLockwood]

there is 1 key thing about your list, people pay to maintain a life abroad, people pay for a holiday, people pay for football matches and merchandise, do the roma's ?

[danielf]

Originally Posted by PeteL

<snip> people pay for football matches and merchandise, do the roma's ?

Dunno. Are Roma into football? And if so: what is their 'home team'?

Originally Posted by danielf

Dunno. Are Roma into football? And if so: what is their 'home team'?

AS Roma, perhaps?

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by PeteL

... people pay for football matches and merchandise...

So if someone pays for a football match they have a right to behave like a hooligan?

Laws should be there for what you have or haven't done, not for what family you're born into.

Originally Posted by TheNorm

So if someone pays for a football match they have a right to behave like a hooligan?

Laws should be there for what you have or haven't done, not for what family you're born into.

But, but, but........

They're different!!!!

[danielf]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

AS Roma, perhaps?

Good point!

[PeteLockwood]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

So if someone pays for a football match they have a right to behave like a hooligan?

Laws should be there for what you have or haven't done, not for what family you're born into.

not the right to be a hooligan no, but the right to be there!

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by PeteL

...the right to be there!

You are confusing me.

Can you tell me, in your opinion, what the Roma have to do to stay in France?

My mind keeps wandering back to previous threads about Travellers.I wonder why?