And the first order of the day is clearly to throw cold water on any speculation that criminality might be a big aspect of Roma culture:
Dozens of people from the Roma community in Farsala who know the family, told The Independent the couple looked after little "Maria" well and cared for her deeply.
"We're poor nomads and we may not know letters but we love and look after our children," said one Roma woman as she carried her granddaughter in her arms.
Around her, groups of young children swirled, were laughing and playing in the early hours of Monday evening. Nearby, a man fixes his car while his wife cleans the windows of their home.Awww, how heartwarming! Surely such a ‘community’ couldn't be all bad?
In some Roma settlements, illegal activities such as drug dealing and the trading of stolen goods are known to take place. But many protest that criminal elements represent only a small fragment of the community.But…how small? Isn't that the question we should be asking? Because it doesn't seem very small to me:
The Roma couple charged with abducting little "Maria" are illiterate, and had registered their family in several towns.
They claimed they had 14 children, making declarations that would have meant Dimopoulou would have had to have given birth to six children in less than 10 months. Ten of the 14 children are unaccounted for.
Police have said the two suspects received around €2,500 euros ($3,420) a month in child welfare subsidies from three different cities.
The director of Athens' records office and two senior officials have been suspended while an investigation takes place. It is not uncommon for such papers to be falsified in Greece, by people from all walks of life.Yeah, yeah, sure. Everyone’s at it. It’s no reflection on the people who are continually arrested for it, right?
The saddest thing about the whole affair is not the ‘persecution’ of the criminals, but this aspect:
Since it published Maria's picture, it has received thousands of calls and emails from parents around the world, hoping that she may be their lost child.I know where my sympathy lies.
XX we may not know letters XX
ReplyDeleteNa. My trouble as well. Everything comes by E-Mail nowdays.
My Letter box is redundent.
But I REMEMBER Letters. With stamps, and everything.
XX The Roma couple charged with abducting little "Maria" are illiterate, and had registered their family in several towns. XX
ReplyDeleteObviously their "Illiteracy" does not go as far as Government form filling.
" . . not uncommon for such papers to be falsified in Greece . . "
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to the EU, once they have all the necessary paperwork, they are able to access not just the benefits of the UK but other countries as well.
We are on a road to a very bad place.
Meanwhile, across the Irish Sea ..........
ReplyDelete"DNA tests have proved that a seven-year-old girl taken from a Roma family in Dublin on Monday is their daughter.
The family said they were "delighted" that their daughter had come home.
They also said they would be taking legal advice, and that serious questions have arisen over the procedures used in the case.
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl had been removed by police from her Tallaght home and taken into temporary care."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24645947
Cunts. I'd burn them all.
ReplyDeleteRoma - their marvellous enrichment to increase dramatically in the UK from January 2014 . . . . .I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteTheir traditional way of life of stealing and agressive begging will leave no doubt in anyones mind in the UK next year of what Roma gypsies are about, the public need to know what Roma gypsies look like and their scams.
ReplyDeleteThese bastards are ruthless thieves, i predict that scenes of butality and attacks on gypsies in this country will be the norm, at the moment Brits will happily kick the shit out of each other for no reason, they will have well deserved targets over the coming years.
Roma gypsies, this country is not like spain where the worst you will recieve is a glare.
Wherever they settle, inform our pikeys, and let them get on with it.
ReplyDeleteA self cleaning solution.
Roma gypsies scum of the earth.
ReplyDelete"Na. My trouble as well. Everything comes by E-Mail nowdays."
ReplyDelete:D
"Obviously their "Illiteracy" does not go as far as Government form filling."
No, they seem to be pretty expert at that...
...and as anon points out, once they've done it on one country, it's gold for all the others.. :/
"Meanwhile, across the Irish Sea ..."
Yet again, a case where the police are damned if they do, and damned if they don't.
"Their traditional way of life of stealing and agressive begging will leave no doubt in anyones mind in the UK next year of what Roma gypsies are about,"
Like anon, 2014 isn't something I'm looking forward to.. :(