Gypsy Blood On Channel 4 Now.

[rabet]

Encouraging 18-month-old kids to bash hell out of people! How shall we ever have a more peaceful world when people like these are given publicity on mainstream TV? Disgusting!

[sherrardk]

Out of all of my children only one might fancy boxing - the others would find it abhorrent. The one who would have a go (not that she will ever get a chance) is the teeny tiny four year old girl, but only because she has an in-built sensor as to what she shouldn't be doing.

[rabet]

ummm ~ burning heretics and smallpox are historical phenomena: so they're OK?

[pusskin]

Oh jees, they've just killed a little deer! Arent they having fun ay.

[rabet]

pusskin ~ who's killed a deer?

[pusskin]

chased by their dogs.

[ummmm]

Boxing is legal though.

[rabet]

So is being a CONSERVATIVE ~ the law is not yet perfected!

[dibble1]

They can do what they want providing they pay their taxes, respect the local community and don't break the law.....................They do don't they?

[Mick-Talbot]

Who the flump decided to make gypsies television fodder anyway?

[ummmm]

At least with the gypsies they tend to keep the fight among themselves.

[ladybirder]

Is the little boy's wee dog still OK?

[ummmm]

Dog is fine. I don't think the dad was actually booting it. He was kicking it away when it was biting him for smacking the child.

[ladybirder]

Good. Thanks Ummmm. They warned about scenes of animal cruelty and I thought it might be the dog and couldn't bear to watch. From what you are all saying I'm glad I didn't.

[sherrardk]

He was booting it away because the man hit the child .... nice (not)

[ladybirder]

Sound a charming lot.

[EDDIE51]

I know a man who runs an amature boxing club. He says Gypsies are a curse to boxing clubs. The kids never birth certificates or use someone elses so you get a lad who looks 15/17 claiming to be 12 so he can fight against genuine 12 year olds (and obviously win) the parents back up the kids in the age claims. You get lads obviously 20 or more claiming to be 15 to fight as a juvenile. If they do have a birth certicate it is normally a younger brothers or other relative. It is a real problem for boxing clubs, a year or two makes a huge diffrence at the junior levels. He organised a boxing tournament once and the police had to be called to get rid of gypsies who were trying to enter boys who were obviously too old in the under 16s competitions.

[ummmm]

That sounds about right.

[Dee Sa]

I did not like what I saw so I switched off, seemed the only sensible thing to do.