Tuesday, March 02, 2010



French state railway sparks racism fury with warning on Romanians

We read:
"The French state railway network has been accused of racism after asking passengers to report Romanians to security staff following a spate of thefts. A safety information notice posted in SNCF trains in southwest France warned of “problems with Romanians” and said that “numerous thefts of luggage have been noticed”.

In terms reminiscent of the Italian Government’s onslaught against alleged Romanian criminals, the message told passengers to be “doubly vigilant” and added that “all acts by Romanians must be reported”.

The signs were denounced by the writer Mouloud Akkouche, who at first thought that they were a bad joke by a local prankster. He said he was stunned to discover that they were the work of the SNCF’s passengers safety unit.

The revelation brought a furious reaction from Romanians living in France. Roumanophilie, a Franco-Romanian internet site, said that French railways were “turning to anti-Romanian racism”.

As the controversy threatened to sour relations between Paris and Bucharest, the SNCF issued an apology, blaming the “unfortunate expression” on an individual guard and saying that the signs had been taken down as soon as executives in Paris had been alerted.

The sign relit a debate that has never gone away in France over the wisdom of allowing Romania to enter the European Union — seen as an error by a substantial slice of French public opinion.

French newspapers regularly report alleged criminal acts by Romanian gangs. They said last month that eight Romanian children aged between 12 and 17 had been arrested for allegedly stealing a total of €20,000 (£18,000) from people withdrawing money from cash dispensers in the Paris region.

Source

The "Romanians" are in fact gypsies ("Roma"), who traditionally live by petty crime

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

True Bobbu,

But gypo tribes stake out territory.

As it happens Roma Gypos have "staked out" French Railways.

It's part of an unwritten agreement amongst thieves.

Irish knackers divide up the country. Each tribe has certain areas and if another tribe invades then there's war declared. It doesn't happen very often since the tribe members are too busy stealing and beging to waste valuable time fighting amongst themselves.

Anonymous said...

Is the article suggesting that the French believe that admitting Romania into the EU was the equivalent of letting in a whole country of thieves?
Hilarious.

Anonymous said...

I saw a tv report about gypsy kids in Madrid sent out by their adult controlers to openly rob even strong looking men at ATMs in busy streets in daylight. The kids were punished if they didn't steal enough each day.

Anonymous said...

some cultures are good, some bad

Anonymous said...

some cultures are good and some are bad

The Finn said...

"Is the article suggesting that the French believe that admitting Romania into the EU was the equivalent of letting in a whole country of thieves?
Hilarious."

Not really all that funny. EU countries are in trouble with the massive inflow of career criminals from Romania and Bulgaria. In both cases the criminals are pikies. And since they are EU citizens they cannot be deported.

Just a couple of days ago it was reported in Helsingin Sanomat (main newspaper in Finland) that the first wave of Romanians had arrived for the coming season (they leave for winter). Officially they claim to earn their living by collecting and recycling bottles but in reality they steal, rob and beg. At least this year they have apparently left their children home after last year Finnish officials were going to take them into custody because of their poor living conditions.

Pickpocketing, public begging and harassing tourists by selling flowers and knickknacks was unheard of in Finland before these pikies came and turned us back into the 19th century. Now there is talk of re-introducing laws against begging, loitering and vagabondism, which in turn is going to affect Finns as well.

In short, everyone looses and it was a mistake to allow these countries into the EU.

Bobby said...

Romania did join the EU in 2007.
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2010/02/23/gypsy-children-forced-into-a-life-of-crime/

However, Romanian and gypsies are not the same. Gypsies have a unique language, culture and music. The lucky ones can make a living playing music, reading cards, and doing carnival type of stuff, the others are famous thiefs.

My grandmother is from Romania and she tells me that whenever the gypsies where passing by the parents would get their kids inside since they feared their kids would get kidnapped.

The French state network got it wrong, passengers should have been asked to report suspicious gypsies or Roma. Romania may be a poor country but it's a decent country.

Anonymous said...

Bobby said;
"The lucky ones can make a living playing music, reading cards, and doing carnival type of stuff, the others are famous thiefs."

The lucky ones? Man, when will you wake up! ALL gypsies steal!!

Anonymous said...

One of the Rumanians who take advantage of their freedom of movement in the EU has murdered a Norwegian air-hostess in a major Copenhagen hotel. Just knocking on the door to rob the occupant and brutally killing her. Nobody can trust any Rumanians and Bulgarians now invading western europe for easy pickings!