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Today, I have really struggled not to let my sensibilities as a “politically correct” (actually, I’m not) Brit, nor as an “immigrant” cloud my judgement on this story, but this report has me absolutely hopping mad livid.
A large sign was seen outside a computer shop, of the franchise “Beep” (ironically relevant to censor any number of words I’ve uttered in response to it), in the village of Alcudia, on the island of Mallorca.
The offending article (right), which has a background in the colours of the Romanian flag, has lettering which says, “Se prohíbe la entrada sin previo aviso a perros y rumanos, de lo contrario saldrán echando (h)ostias.”
In English: “Entry is prohibited without appointment to dogs and Romanians, otherwise you’ll be kicked strait out.”
The person who spotted the sign, went back to take photos and sent them by email to blog Mi Mesa Cojea, commenting that this was not “The USA 50 years ago, nor South Africa 30 years ago, it’s Mallorca, 2 hours ago!”
After the blog published the item here, the story was picked up by the press.
Mayor, Miquel Ferrer, says the town hall has ordered the removal of the sign.
The co-owner of this franchise store, who runs it with her husband, a former candidate for mayor, meanwhile, explained to the Mallorca press that “a series of Romanians had stolen material to the value of 3,000 euros.”
And that’s supposed to be an ‘effin excuse? Not in my book lady!
Apart from the fact that it’s nobody else’s responsibility if you fail to protect your materials or aren’t properly insured, this is just so ignorantly xenophobic.
There have been reports of Romainians involved in various crimes in Tenerife, but just because some Romanians steal, or even if a lot of Romanians steal, does not mean that ALL Romanians steal or that any humans can be treated like dogs.
Dogs should not be treated as some Spanish people treat dogs, but …
Only a Nazi could possibly think that this sign is acceptable.
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I understand the feeling, the “First they came for the Romanians..” feeling
Do you remember the movie “La vita è bella”, the sign of “no jewish dogs allowed”, and the father explained to her son, that he will put in her commerce a sign about “no australiand and spiders allowed? this fact’s remembers it me a lot.. :_
I am the first that said the sing in the shop its an aberration, but, however, a romanian friend of me, its also the first in said that there is a lot of romanians who musn’t be in Spain. A lot of good people has come to Spain, but also a lot of delinquents and outlaws who find in Spain an easy form of criminal life.
And sorry for my expressión, English is not my native Language!
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