Roma family is banished to Amsterdam's 'scum' village

Bruno Waterfield– 06 September 2013

A ROMA family has become the first to be forcibly evicted by Dutch authorities and moved to a "scum village" constructed out of shipping containers on the outskirts of Amsterdam. The Dimitrovs are the first nuisance neighbours to be moved forcibly to police-supervised accommodation as crowded Amsterdam steps up measures against anti-social behaviour.

Eberhard van der Laan, Amsterdam's mayor, admitted that the removal of the family was a draconian measure but insisted that bullying and violent behaviour had left him with no choice. "The family has been causing problems for years and has a history of vandalism, noise nuisance and threatening behaviour," he said.

The eight members of the gypsy family have compared their container homes, numbers 48a and 48b, to a concentration camp and accused Amsterdam council of "pure racism".

Francois Lonis, an ex-boyfriend of one of the Dimitrov daughters who still lives with the family, criticised Mr van der Laan for commemorating the Holocaust while "discriminating" against Roma. "The mayor talks about Auschwitz but sends us to this place," he said. "Where is my mother-in-law supposed to do the shopping. Our television does not fit inside."

The housing camps have been nicknamed "scum villages" because their establishment follows a 2011 proposal from Geert Wilders, the leader of a populist Dutch right-wing party, for special units to deal with persistent troublemakers.

"Repeat offenders should be forcibly removed from their neighbourhood and sent to a village for scum," he argued at the time....This Appeared Here....

My Take - The Roma is one of the groups that make up what are commonly known as gypsies.  As one English writer noted; It is not racist to state that gypsy camps frequently cause an increase in crime and mess- it is a statement of fact. During this reading you will not see anything that denies the behavior the government described. And what was the first cry of defense? There was none...it was an attack on the character of those who made this decision....racism....not innocence.....racism!

I would like someone to tell me what should be done with those who are so anti-social? Should society continue to allow them to conduct themselves in ways that are criminal, or continue on in behavior that is menacing to their neighbors, or demonstrating a total lack of concern about their neighbor’s rights? As I read this I couldn’t help but think of the Trayvon Martin case. What was the first cry of protest defending this thug? Racism! Amazing, the anti-social and criminals all think alike, no matter the ethnic origin!

Which brings be back to the same question.  What should be done with people who refuse to stop being anti-social?