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panzerfaust
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Mon Jul-21-08 05:55 AM Original message |
Gypsy girls' corpses on beach in Italy fail to put off sunbathers |
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Heidi
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Very sad. |
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ejbr
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just a thought... |
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mmonk
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. The census part reminds me of the census here in the US since I'm |
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iamthebandfanman
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. i think that kinda sentiment |
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zanne
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. An Irish friend explained Gypsies to me this way... |
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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kath
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. "deep-seated" |
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panzerfaust
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Most Roma have adopted the religious superstitions of the ... |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. So your "very liberal" European friends pity the Roma for not being Protestants? |
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Mon Jul-21-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. No, I'd think more for having a culture that encourages theft, begging, and swindling, |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jul-21-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I was talking about the kind of ethnocentrism, not racism, that expects |
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roguevalley
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. Tinkers in Ireland are not welcome. I remember them coming up |
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Maeve
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
89. Irish Travellers are not the same as the Roma |
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ngant17
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Mon Jul-21-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
76. My friend was ripped-off by a gypsy in Prague |
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Fedja
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. :/ |
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uppityperson
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
113. Indeed. Thanks for posting what you have.nt |
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Fedja
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
85. Aggressive and disruptive? |
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Igel
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Mon Jul-21-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
81. Well, a thousand years or so. |
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zanne
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. We're not the only country with prejudice. |
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ensho
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. yes, sexism is worldwide but racism is local |
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roguevalley
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. we get a lot of shit in America about racism but Europe is not free |
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SnohoDem
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. A fascinating book about the Roma |
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uppityperson
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Thank you, that is a good book. I wish media would use the correct term also |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
111. Damn, do I have to stop liking that Fleetwood Mac song? |
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Maeve
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
87. thank you--just put it on my library reserves |
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sui generis
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. So what were they SUPPOSED to be doing? |
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trumad
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh maybe cracking open some fine Italian wine just a few away... |
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sui generis
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. trumad you have known me too long |
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trumad
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yes I do know you and I do respect you.... |
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sui generis
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. okay |
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trumad
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I think the pic I posted down on 18 says it all... |
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dothemath
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. quick |
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
69. Deleted message |
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. unless |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. British "Pikeys" are not "Roma" nor are Irish "Tinkers" |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. interesting thanks... n/t |
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Fedja
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. sigh |
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LeftishBrit
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Calling the emergency services perhaps? |
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AlphaCentauri
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I don't think italians let people die in the ER |
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BearSquirrel2
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. What ???? |
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LeftishBrit
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. But did all the sunbathers realize this? |
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AlphaCentauri
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
104. there were two cases that in my opinion are worst than the italian case |
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BearSquirrel2
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Were those "Roma Blankets" |
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alcibiades_mystery
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The treatment of the Roma in Italy today is a fucking disgrace |
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sui generis
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. We always want to believe the worst |
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Doremus
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Continue to eat, play, enjoy oneself ... when others have just lost their lives nearby? |
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sui generis
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. my yardstick is that there isn't just one yardstick |
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Kali
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. does everyone stop and go into mourning when they drive by a car accident? |
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panzerfaust
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. No. If the situation is not controlled I STOP and help. |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. all your |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. They don't clear beaches here when someone drowns although |
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hedgehog
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I think what happened may have been human nature. The lack of |
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Duncan
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Its not even a European thing. |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Robbing them - like the gypsies would be doing |
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roguevalley
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. reminds me, this indifference, to the idiots in florida who complained |
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panzerfaust
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
118. Lamely Sentimental Cardinal may not be Italian, or even European ... |
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Frank Cannon
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. How did they know they were "gypsies"? |
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YOY
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
117. You can tell with fullblooded Roma |
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trumad
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. La deee da.......La deeee da...... |
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redqueen
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. ... |
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BearSquirrel2
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I suppose ... |
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Nihil
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. From that picture, I can't see what the fuss is about. |
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panzerfaust
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. True |
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roguevalley
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. I don't think I would sit there pretending not to see the dead people. |
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Nihil
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
108. Why do people persist in swallowing the media view instead of thinking? |
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mina_seward
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm part Italian |
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WriteDown
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Not just Italians and Spaniards.... |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. try being ANYBODY but |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
93. Is this something you learned from experience |
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aspergris
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #93 |
115. I learned it mostly from Japanese |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Speak for your own family Mina. Mine is quite Italian and is not so. |
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mina_seward
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. your own words betray you |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Knit pick elsewhere sweetcakes. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
105. Deleted sub-thread |
GeniusLib
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
28. Disgusting |
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Indenturedebtor
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. HOLY Yikes! Facism much? Yikes :( N/T |
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redqueen
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 AM Original message |
Wow... |
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redqueen
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. deleted |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'm an Italian citizen to this day |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I don't think too many here have actually been exposed to the Roma |
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Nihil
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. I think you are exactly right ... |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. I've been around them. I can think of the best and worst of the Roma. |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
78. Know why we tend to distrust gadje? |
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YOY
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. It's been a while since I heard the "gadje" term. I didn't know you were Roma either Prophet 451. |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. OK, I'm calmer now |
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YOY
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Wed Jul-23-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #99 |
116. No worries. I can see where the anger would come from. |
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LeftishBrit
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #78 |
110. Great post. Thanks for your perspective. |
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uppityperson
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. "a small minority of Roma people are very aggressive" Thank you. |
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Fedja
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Common misconception. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #83 |
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Bwahahahahahaha! Or were you serious? |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. I wonder why the authorities left the bodies |
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
82. Where were the families of the girls? |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. This link was in another thread |
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
45. Does it go to show the value of attending a Church of St. Franicis with pounds of gold |
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
47. The indifference may not be due to anti-Roma sentiment. |
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ismnotwasm
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Mon Jul-21-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. Those poor girls |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. Italians don't have any respect for gypsy life |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. One minute, you're 14 and it's summertime and the next, you're a body |
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deadmessengers
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. A few observations: |
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LanternWaste
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Mon Jul-21-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. Bad form... |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Mon Jul-21-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. I can't imagine having my playtime while two dead children lie nearby |
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LanternWaste
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Mon Jul-21-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I wouldn't be able to do it. |
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LisaL
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Mon Jul-21-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. Some of them probably didn't even know that the women |
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Nihil
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #74 |
107. Don't go bringing logic & reason into this thread ... |
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Fedja
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Mon Jul-21-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
84. semi-offtopic |
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rasputin1952
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Mon Jul-21-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
90. There several tragedies in this story, the obvious being the girls |
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bitchkitty
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
92. No way is this true - like the article |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. There are reports there were 4 girls, 2 were saved. |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. You misunderstand |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Oh I see. Would they perhaps have gone in |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. That would be permissible |
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Blue Diadem
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. I hadn't thought about that, but thank you for that assurance. |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. It's ok, I got what you meant |
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bitchkitty
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Mon Jul-21-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. You know they probably won't talk to the police. |
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Prophet 451
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Probably not |
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bitchkitty
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #103 |
106. In Spain, I got to know a few of the women |
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entanglement
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
109. European racism is of the unashamed, pseudo-scientific and probably incurable variety |
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