So my quiet town had a visit from our traveller 'friends' this week and

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They wonder why people are so against them setting up camp where ever they please.

They arrived last Wednesday on a football field with a park and caused a whole load of trouble, for example, going to the petrol station handing over euros, being told they won't accept euros as payment, they simple got in their vans and drove of.

Made a visit to our local Sainsburys got caught shoplifting, were locked in until police were called.

Local children playing on park got beaten up with sticks by the traveller children.

And to top it all of 3 vans pulling up outside a local pub, very busy, dropping their trousers and all three disgusting men casually took a shit one by one on the pub doorstep. Got in there vans and drove of.

Then left the football field and park in an absolute mess. Rubbish everywhere.

Each incident police were called but nothing has been done.

So AIBU to wonder why travellers think this behavior is acceptable? and why can't anything be done to stop it?

I have to say 99% of people on this thread that have come across travellers illegally pitching up camp have had negative experiences.

This can't be ignored or taken as 'racism' because it isn't, these are factual incidents up and down the country.

Tho only positives are those who have worked with them (doing them a favour so why would they be threatening or abusive?) or live near a permanent site.

Jeez OP, you really have a horrible way of talking about travellers. Do you think your child's teacher is 'doing you a favour'? Or providing a service to which your child is entitled?

The sort of distancing your last post evokes is really a step down the road of dehumanisation.

Is this still going?

Come on MNHQ, put this thread out of it's misery.

well you wouldn't be abusive to your childs teacher or your midwife or health visitor would you?

Do you think all travellers are? Or that only travellers are? FFS

"Spew out bile"- seriously?

Guess we must be reading different threads.

There was lots of bile and vile hatred in the deleted posts, Retro

Oh and what Themaltese said.

Believe what you like, pray to whoever you like, be born wherever you are but conduct yourself within the law and don't expect special dispensation for any reasons.

Fair enough?

Thankfully the law isn't as blunt an instrument as you would appear to wish, Al0uise.

Sorry you were a victim of crime, I'm sure that was a horrible experience. I'm interested to know which crime it was, though?

It was aggravated trespass but I could have been charged under a traffic law for letting 'my' horses endanger life on the road.

I don't own any horses.

Mrs - you are brilliant at taking something that is said and turning it into something totally different.

Are you saying that if you are a teacher mw or hv travellers are more likely to abuse them?

Coconutty - read what I wrote. No more, no less and no spin.

Deliberately obtuse.

I was outraged that MNHQ deleted my post, but now I see it was because I repeated in disbelief the vile and prejudiced assertion Al0uise made earlier (also deleted).