can you sue "travelers"

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my Dad got attacked by a gypo dog and the owner of a shop called the police etc but he's a bit steamed so I dont know the exact details I was wandering if its possable to sue the scum

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I reckon you'd be insane to get into an argument with travellers.

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Dunno bout that, but I reckon anyone using the terms "gypo" and calling travellers "scum" ought to get strung up.

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Blagsta wrote:

Dunno bout that, but I reckon anyone using the terms "gypo" and calling travellers "scum" ought to get strung up.

why whats wrong with 'gypo'?

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lipsy wrote:

why whats wrong with 'gypo'?

It offends some people, and its another one of the 'political correctness' things.

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Someone who lets their dog attack people probably counts as "scum" too.

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Is it possible to sue someone who doesn't have a registered address?

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lipsy wrote:

why whats wrong with 'gypo'?

whats wrong with the word "p.aki"?

whats wrong with the word "n.igger"?

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Kentish wrote:

Someone who lets their dog attack people probably counts as "scum" too.

Agreed. But pick on that, not the fact they are a traveller.

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__tink wrote:

It offends some people, and its another one of the 'political correctness' things.

what has "political correctness" got to do with it? What does "political correctness" even mean? How is it relevant?

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You can only sue if a) you can get their name and b) they have any money.

Good luck finding a traveller with money.

Blagsta, some communities deserve the abuse they get. The travelling community is one such community. Until they learn some manners and clean up after themselves (latest cost to Gateshead Council: £50,000) they deserve no respect at all.

Sure, its not all of them, but compare the number of travellers who live decently on land they're allowed to be on to the number who trawl in, leave syringes and filth all over any public space they can find, and then let decent taxpaying people foot the bill.

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Kermit wrote:

Good luck finding a traveller with money.

Are you serious? Gypos are fucking loaded.

And there's nothing worng with calling them gypos, cos that's what they are.

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if someone is a traveller then they're a gypsy right... which abbreviates to gypo. i still don't see the problem.

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lipsy wrote:

if someone is a traveller then they're a gypsy right... which abbreviates to gypo. i still don't see the problem.

If someone is from Pakistan, they are Pakistani. Is P.aki an accetable abbreviation?

That was Blag's point.

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lipsy wrote:

if someone is a traveller then they're a gypsy right... which abbreviates to gypo. i still don't see the problem.

Same as Pakistani -> P*ki...which used to be perfectly acceptable, until it started being used in a derogatory manner.

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i get what you're tryin to say but i'm not being derogatory so i don't see a problem.

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I think the term P.aki is used to describe any West Asian person these days, so is viewed as a derogatory term. Gypo is an abbreviation of Gypsy so is ok in my book.

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I do not have a problem with the word 'gypsy' being used but 'gypo' is derogatory.

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We call them Nippos where I live.

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turlough wrote:

Are you serious? Gypos are fucking loaded.

Course they are.

but good luck finding one that has legitimate money you can trace;)

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According to my grandma, part of my family is actually descended from gypos. Therefore I'm allowed to call 'em that. So

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Kermit wrote:

You can only sue if a) you can get their name and b) they have any money.

Good luck finding a traveller with money.

Blagsta, some communities deserve the abuse they get. The travelling community is one such community. Until they learn some manners and clean up after themselves (latest cost to Gateshead Council: £50,000) they deserve no respect at all.

Sure, its not all of them, but compare the number of travellers who live decently on land they're allowed to be on to the number who trawl in, leave syringes and filth all over any public space they can find, and then let decent taxpaying people foot the bill.

oh fuck off. some travellers are shitty, some aren't. same as any other community

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wooooooooah wrote:

Same as Pakistani -> P*ki...which used to be perfectly acceptable, until it started being used in a derogatory manner.

Sorry, when was that acceptable?

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turlough wrote:

Gypo is an abbreviation of Gypsy so is ok in my book.

gypo is derogatory, always has been. same as p.aki always has been

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Blagsta wrote:

oh fuck off. some travellers are shitty, some aren't. same as any other community

100% of the travellers who have set up camp in my village and in Daventry have been shitty. And that's quite a nice way of putting it.

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Blagsta wrote:

Sorry, when was that acceptable?

Before it was used in a derogatory manner. That's what I said.

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Blagsta wrote:

gypo is derogatory, always has been. same as p.aki always has been

Fuck off ya gypo

In my experience, travellers are a hard breed, get on the wrong side of them and they'll give ya a right beating. Get on the right side and they're charming people.

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turlough wrote:

I think the term P.aki is used to describe any West Asian person these days, so is viewed as a derogatory term. Gypo is an abbreviation of Gypsy so is ok in my book.

Well it might be ok in your book, but that doesn't make it any less racist.

Romany people are an ethnic group, and to give them slang offensive names like gypo is clearly racist and derogatory. Plenty of ignorant people don't understand why the word p.aki is offensive as it's just an abbreviation of Pakistani...but they're wrong.

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wooooooooah wrote:

Before it was used in a derogatory manner. That's what I said.

Sorry, when was that?

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Blagsta wrote:

Sorry, when was that?

The word Pakistan was created in 1947, but the word P.aki only became offensive during the 1960s when used by British tabloids to refer to immigrants in a derogotary and racist manner.

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I really wouldnt bother.
I know its not nice, but you wont get anything out of them and theyll probably make your life a misery for it.