see, now this is the problem.
It's a way of life - no problem - but I don't see why their ethnicity is relevant, unless you're arguing they SHOULD be allowed to break laws because of their ethnicity? Because that would be rather silly.

If they want to travel - councils should support that - if they want to settle - they should go through the same channels as everyone else does that wants to build their own house. These particualr people are doing neither.

and "because sometimes a bigger boy does it and got away with it" is hardly a reasonable defence. Unless, again, you're arguing they should be treated more positively because of their ethnic group?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 12:29, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I do think they feel rather desperate
as avenues are closing and it's getting harder to be a traveller these days.
I agree what you say about councils should support that, but if they don't, then where are all these people to go? I'm not a gypsy and I don't know how it is, but all of this has just brought out to me how much people despise them, you know, the accompanying comments apart from your sensible opinions on planning law and it makes me feel really fucking bad, so I feel I have to defend them because it's totally not on.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 12:36, Reply)

that is the problem.
The emotive nature of the issue has totally overridden the actual issue itself (CQ has pointed this out a lot to be fair to the man). All I'm trying to do here is point out that not everyone who believes they should be evicted is a gypsy-hating cunt. I know plenty are, and that's very troubling to me, but there are sound, and fair, legal reasons too.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 12:43, Reply)