I was just watching the episode of Seinfeld were they killed off Susan. I was a bit sad, but happy for George. I didn't want to see "Independent George" slowly die :-D
What he is holding in his hands are actually shears. Behind the people in the picture there is a vineyard if I'm not mistaken. As I mentioned in my previous post the Roma people prefer to make their children work instead of sending them to school. The shears in the little guys hands are the tool he uses to cut the grapes from the plant.
I'm with you Jessss. This is the third time my comment has been stopped by the NBot and it was never for a good reason. What use is there to write a comment if it is going to be visible a whole 2 days later when the original article will be on page 2 or 3?
I am from Bulgaria. I am not a racist nor do I have anything against the Roma people but I do have some negative things to say about this article. The writer, Mr. Furman makes it seem like the Roma people have no human rights in my country, which is as far from the truth as possible.
While it is true that during the communist regime there were segregation issues and denying that fact would be a prime example of hypocrisy, things weren't as bad as, for instance, the fate of African-Americans in the US of A couple of decades ago.
Now things are different. Roma people have the same rights as any Bulgarian. They can send their children to any school public school they want (or private, if they can afford it, which a few can). Yet many choose not to. Instead a majority make their children work, or in many cases teach them how to steal. Some even cut the thumbs of their children so they make more efficient pickpockets.
I seriously detest the implications Mr. Furman presents - that the Roma people are wrongly accused for one out of every for crimes committed. They are blamed for one fourth of the crimes because they do commit them. It has been proven by sociological studies that regions with larger Roma communities have higher rates of crime.
I can speak on this topic from personal experience. Twice people have tried to steal from me on public transportation vehicles. Twice the perpetrators were Roma. The second time, since I was more vigilant, I was able to catch the hand of the woman in my pocket. She began screaming that I was molesting her until the vehicle came to a stop and she was able to run away. I have seen other people being mugged several times. Always by Roma.
Me and my family have a small cottage in the town were my grandfather was born. Over the course of 15 years the house has been robbed 3 times. All the robbings were committed by - you guessed it - Roma.
In that same village, two or three houses away from ours a Roma family sold their house to a foreigner (I believe he was from France). The man who bought the house renovated it and when winter came he left for his country. The family who sold him the house came and stole everything from the house. The neighbors reported them to the police but there wasn't enough evidence. Two months later the same family came back AND TOOK THE HOUSE APART BRICK BY BRICK AND STOLE THE WHOLE BUILDING. THAT is what we call "gypsy’s work" in Bulgaria, not as the article states "a job not well done". When we want to say that a job has not been done well we say - "Bulgarian work". It is weird, I know. We are a self-hating people.
I also must protest against the claims that Roma people do not receive social benefits in Bulgaria. It is statistically easier for a Roma person to receive welfare than a Bulgarian. Do you know what happens when a Bulgarian person does not pay his electric bill for a month? He gets his electricity cut out. Do you know what happens when a hole neighborhood of Roma don't pay their bills for 6 months? Nothing. Do you know why? Because the electric company can not send representatives to turn of the electricity because they will be beaten to death. If the company tries to cut the electricity to the whole neighborhood, the Roma come out and riot as if they have been wronged.
What I dislike most about the article is that it singles out Bulgaria as the country which treats the Roma people the worst. This is not true. Romania has the same problem. There are many examples of countries struggling with the Roma communities and the most recent one is the deportation of large groups of Roma from France.
All that aside, I personally know of Roma families that study hard and work hard and they have my respect. Unfortunately they are a minority within a minority.
Arrested Development was one of the suckiest shows I have ever had the misfortune of watching. The fact that it made it past a pilot suprises me far more than According to Jim getting 8 seasons.
This is idiotic. It is also idiotic to compare Jedi(ism?), an idea from a 40 something year old silly movie, to any of the major religions, the youngest of which is over 1400 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUekh6bMKJ8
Quite frankly, I have always found people's fascination with Pi to be ridiculous.
I laughed :-)
What he is holding in his hands are actually shears. Behind the people in the picture there is a vineyard if I'm not mistaken. As I mentioned in my previous post the Roma people prefer to make their children work instead of sending them to school. The shears in the little guys hands are the tool he uses to cut the grapes from the plant.
While it is true that during the communist regime there were segregation issues and denying that fact would be a prime example of hypocrisy, things weren't as bad as, for instance, the fate of African-Americans in the US of A couple of decades ago.
Now things are different. Roma people have the same rights as any Bulgarian. They can send their children to any school public school they want (or private, if they can afford it, which a few can). Yet many choose not to. Instead a majority make their children work, or in many cases teach them how to steal. Some even cut the thumbs of their children so they make more efficient pickpockets.
I seriously detest the implications Mr. Furman presents - that the Roma people are wrongly accused for one out of every for crimes committed. They are blamed for one fourth of the crimes because they do commit them. It has been proven by sociological studies that regions with larger Roma communities have higher rates of crime.
I can speak on this topic from personal experience. Twice people have tried to steal from me on public transportation vehicles. Twice the perpetrators were Roma. The second time, since I was more vigilant, I was able to catch the hand of the woman in my pocket. She began screaming that I was molesting her until the vehicle came to a stop and she was able to run away. I have seen other people being mugged several times. Always by Roma.
Me and my family have a small cottage in the town were my grandfather was born. Over the course of 15 years the house has been robbed 3 times. All the robbings were committed by - you guessed it - Roma.
In that same village, two or three houses away from ours a Roma family sold their house to a foreigner (I believe he was from France). The man who bought the house renovated it and when winter came he left for his country. The family who sold him the house came and stole everything from the house. The neighbors reported them to the police but there wasn't enough evidence. Two months later the same family came back AND TOOK THE HOUSE APART BRICK BY BRICK AND STOLE THE WHOLE BUILDING. THAT is what we call "gypsy’s work" in Bulgaria, not as the article states "a job not well done". When we want to say that a job has not been done well we say - "Bulgarian work". It is weird, I know. We are a self-hating people.
I also must protest against the claims that Roma people do not receive social benefits in Bulgaria. It is statistically easier for a Roma person to receive welfare than a Bulgarian. Do you know what happens when a Bulgarian person does not pay his electric bill for a month? He gets his electricity cut out. Do you know what happens when a hole neighborhood of Roma don't pay their bills for 6 months? Nothing. Do you know why? Because the electric company can not send representatives to turn of the electricity because they will be beaten to death. If the company tries to cut the electricity to the whole neighborhood, the Roma come out and riot as if they have been wronged.
What I dislike most about the article is that it singles out Bulgaria as the country which treats the Roma people the worst. This is not true. Romania has the same problem. There are many examples of countries struggling with the Roma communities and the most recent one is the deportation of large groups of Roma from France.
All that aside, I personally know of Roma families that study hard and work hard and they have my respect. Unfortunately they are a minority within a minority.
I became so enraged upon remembering the time I lost watching the few episodes of AD I've seen, I ate a letter.
It is also idiotic to compare Jedi(ism?), an idea from a 40 something year old silly movie, to any of the major religions, the youngest of which is over 1400 years old.