Thread: Italy's highest appeal court has ruled that it is acceptable to discriminate against Roma on the grounds that they are thieves.
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Old 08-07-08, 00:02
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Default Italy's highest appeal court has ruled that.....
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Originally Posted by Briz View Post
Isn't this a bit like saying the true "English" football fans are not tattooed, lager louts.

Absolutely Briz! They are not!
The true Romani are not all thieves.
The tattooed football fans are not all lager louts.

You cannot lump people together and describe them as being all the same.

The only things you can generalise about true Romani is their genealogy and their traditions. Even these may vary from country to country.

It's like saying all forum members (verb?). We are all very different but we belong to the same forum and try to abide by its rules. The Romani have rules too but the people are still individual.
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