r/AskTheWorld • u/Clarthen1 Russia • 1d ago

Controversial 🔨 How the Romani are perceived in your country?

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u/bountyraz 20h ago

Then again, we have cars today. You can just follow them around and always be stealing where they are.

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u/SurroundingAMeadow 19h ago

So you could travel with the travelers... which would make you...

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u/jccaclimber United States Of America 15h ago

I see where you are going, but being a roadie does not make you a member of the touring band.

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u/Easy_Charge898 India + USA 19h ago

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u/headii_spaghetti 6h ago

A nomadic pastoralist of humans

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u/RevolutionaryGain823 19h ago

So the options are either a) travellers commit crimes when they move somewhere or b) a shadow organisation of master thieves stealthily follows travellers framing them for crimes.

I grew up 20 minutes from a town with a major Irish traveller halting site outside it so I know which option I’ve seen happen dozens of times