Welll.....I had planned on shutting up and not posting to this anymore but just checked out the other thread you mentioned Meatballs.....I gotta say....agree with you 100%!! You said it a helluva lot better than what I did here!

A few statements and then I'm done.

If you hate a whole race of people because of what may have happened to you/family/friends or because of what you read in the papers.....or really no matter what....hate to break it to ya but you're racist! May or may not be Webster's definition but close enough!

To you guys that posted in either/both threads and have never even been to Italy....really?.....are you kidding me!!?? You really think you have a good insight from 4000 miles away? To you guys that were talking about the Italian governments views on the gypsies to back you up......a double REALLY??!! Look up some history!!I haven't met one Italian yet that has anything good to say about their own government.

Last couple of days I've been asking my Italian co-workers about this question. Answers have ranged from: People are people and there's good and bad everywhere (from Apulia), I don't mind if someone comes here, obeys the law and integrates into society (from Veneto)to: I hate them all, law abiding or not. They should all be shot (from Campania). The last statement from someone who told me all about how gypsies steal children, break their limbs and put them on the street to beg....among other things.

Some of the posters should probably look up some history on the 3rd Reich and the "Jewish Problem". Alot of similar sounding things.If you can substitute the word gypsy everytime Jew is mentioned....well.....

With combined views of 2000 I find it hard to believe that some of the regular posters here that are always crying about anti Italian prejudice/racism didn't speak up. If you're really worried about it it shouldn't matter what group you're from!