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Old 05-02-2011, 01:33 AM   #24
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They are professional criminals who operate outside the law. They aren't some wandering group of migrant workers who are looking for a communal existence.

Unless you have lived in Europe and lived among them, you have no perspective on this and have no idea what you are saying.

They aren't being persecuted because of racism, it's because they engage in extremely violent and illegal activity.

Think about the 'gangsta' lifestyle that say some people in South Central LA lead. Would you say the government is 'discriminating' against 'gangstas' or gang members? Should gangs like the bloods and crips be able to do whatever they want because it is their lifestyle?

Or what about drug cartels? Seems a few governments are discriminating against their rights.

This isn't a case of discrimination, this is a case of criminal behaviour. Did not one person even read the links I posted?

@Catch

Regarding the 'voting rights' you are on about, that is the stupidest thing ever. Do you not think these things out before you type them? Could you not see where allowing people who recently moved to vote can cause an issue?

In Europe, you have to live in a place for TWO YEARS before you can vote in that district. That is not discrimination, that is to keep large groups of nomadic people from being paid to move from area to area to vote for whoever is paying them. If you live in a town of 5,000 - an average sized Irish town, and you need only a couple hundred votes to secure a seat in office, hiring a group of a couple hundred people to move into town and vote for you is something that is easily achievable. It's called parachuting voters. Some villages in Ireland only have a few hundred residents, meaning a few dozen blow-ins could mean an unknown takes all of the seats in an election.

Also, there are almost identical laws in America for the same reason. If they didn't have those laws you could have any group that wanted to take over a small town do so.
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