gypsys

[stylinsam]

what are you opinions on them??

[stylinsam]

sorry wrong section!!!

[crete]

do you mean Romany people ?

[PinkFizz]

I coulnt eat a whole one!

[stylinsam]

yes crete!! wrong section anyway!!!

[Booldawg]

no, she means pikeys

[stylinsam]

no i dont me PIKEYS thats an offensive word to you no bawldog!!!! i mean romany!

[ELVIS68]

If you mean pikeys, I hate them, theiving lying stinking scum

[stylinsam]

see this is the thing the reason i ask this question is personal to me!! but i recently have found that gypsy are percieved very wrong, someone i no is a gypsy he lives in a house with his parents brothers and sisters, they have never lived in a caravan his grandmother does but she is the cleanist person you could evr meet, Irish gypsys are the ones that give nice gypsys a bad name you no the type that park there caravans on spare ground and leave rubbish!! but this friend of mine gets called a pikey and other names,...... and he finds it very hard to trust people because of these remarks!!!

[crilly2k]

(pikeys) are gypsies......... they are nomadic people moving from place to place

Unfortunately todays world has no place for them and they become social rejects

NIMBY (not in my back yard) is most peoples views

[4getmenot]

how is he a gypsy when he lives in a house

[stylinsam]

see exactly !!! 4getmenot thankyou!! the thing is he is a gypsy hes got gypsy blood in him!!! just cos he lives in a house doesnt mean he isnt one!! hes just clean and nice but he has relations who are!!!

[crilly2k]

Thats whats know as a settled traveller in ireland

[crete]

romany people have a culture and they hopefully retain their traditions i cant see the problem here.

[B00]

Romanies are an ethnic group, forgetmenot. It's kinda like someone saying you can't be a Brit if you live in America say.

Bit of info here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people

[4getmenot]

ah he's just got romany in him then. Like I've got London blood in my family but I wouldnt call myself a Londoner. We have gypsies in our town. And the council built toilet blocks with showers for them. And half of them they burnt out and stuck cr@p in. Some of the older ones I talk to but the younger ones think they have to live up to some kind of name which believe me isn�t a good one. But as for Romany gypsies in Romany caravans I find them very intriguing.

[BigMac]

"Irish gypsys are the ones that give gypsys a bad name"?

A rather sweeping statement, don't you think?

The Roma is a clearly defined race of people that, like the English, contains good and bad. Not all the English are like David Beckham, Ian Huntley or David Cameron - some of them are quite nice. Similarly in other countries/races.

Humanity is varied. Different races and communities are varied. Celebrate the diversity.

[stylinsam]

no i dont think its a sweeping statement actually!!!!
its true!!!

[BigMac]

Evidence?

All of them?

All the time?

[crete]

good for you big mac well presented answer.

[stylinsam]

yes to all of your questions big mac simple as!!!