Do you know any Gypsies?

Question

Have you been a victim to their endless crimes?

Answer 1

Well here's a story that might give you a different persepctive. My mum and dad divorced when i was about 4 since then my Dad has lived with another woman for years, they're practically married. I never really had allot of contact with my dad and i certainly wasn't allowed to go visit him...aside from that he never asked. However, wehn i was about 16 circumstances changed and for the first time i met my Dads partner and went to their home.
My Dads partner is a traveller. I had never really encountered this way of life. But i have to say it's not much different from you and i. I say this from the UK. I have no idea if it's different in other parts of the world.
Since meeting these people i found them to be very accomodating and hospitable of myself and my family. Pretty much like any decent person would be. It isn't my way of life and will never be, but what i did come to realise is they are a very mis understood faction of society. It's true to say there are a few differences. For example, due to the fact they travel with their machines (fair ground rides) they often don't have the time to devote to their education and for that reason they tend to work in a very tight community. That is beginning to change because the community itself is dwindling.
In their defence i may say they are harshly judged and without proper cause or understanding applied. People look at them and think "tax dodgers" or "thieves" etc etc, what alot of sh*t. In every section of society we have tax dodgers, thieves.. It's because these people choose to keep their traditions in living a different way that makes them scape goats to the narrow minded and quite frankly bitter. Alot of travellers have their fancy cars and go all round the owrld and people see that and get pissed off by it because they can't afford it.
As a person who is not a traveller what i can say in my expeirence is these people are hard working and honest and deserve a break from peoeple's predjidice..
I would say to people, don't go on what you have heard these people, rather, go on what you think when you meet them.

Peace to the people!!!

Answer 2

Lots of people get confused between traditional Gypsies and the troublemaking tats that claim to be them because they live in caravans.

Real Gypsies are the ones with big decorated caravans, usually horse drawn and usually just keep themselves to themselves and may occasionally go around selling stuff. They make their living working the land most of them. The tats give real gypsies a bad name by causing trouble and claiming to be gypsies when they arent.

I know someone who grew up in a traditional gypsy family and i have also been victim to the robbing tats who are all-too-common around here.

Answer 3

Someone I used to work in a with factory said she was decended from Romany gypsies. She certatinly had wanderlust, and never kept a job for long, and believed in a lot of stuff that I did not understand. She was a lovely kind person. She lived in her car.

Answer 4

Gypsies keep to their own, they really don't allow outsiders into their tightly formed community, At least the gypsies around here are that way.

Answer 5

"Gypsies" are a fine people with a well developed leadership - but i think you mean the "Diddycoyes" Irish louts - no tax - just crap left wherever they park their brand new transits.. - Wipe them off the face of the earth - scum... We've a camp not far away - if anything gets stolen - its there - the police wont enter - but imagine if you didnt have tax on your car!!! Still - at least they might die off soon due to the massive inbreeding..

Answer 6

yeah and the ones i know are perfectly nice people. Although I don't agree with their way of life and I know that a good few of them are prone to breaking the law in smal to big ways we can not tarbrush them all.

Answer 7

No but seen 2 having a fight before and they can handle themselves I tell you, I would'nt call there mother lets put it that way!

Answer 8

yes! you see them here in florence EVERYWHERE begging for money, NOT food, money. one time i was eating these cookies and this little gypsy kid came up and asked for money, he was no more than 4 or 5. i felt bad so i got my bag of cookies and handed it to him, he nodded his head, got mad and said 'soldi!' (money!) in italian. i couldnt believe, a LITTLE kid could be taught to NOT accept a cookie, but only money????

i have so many friends and so many stories of them pickpocketing and stealing their stuff, from thousand dollar cameras to wallets to purses to even kids, NOT kidding, they even kidnap children here in florence in big touristy areas, its not common, but happens!

Answer 9

No I dont know any gypsies.

Yes, they have stolen from me and from people who I know.