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why would Dutch people steal graveyard statuettes? Are things that bad in Holland right now?
by genewitch 1y ago
why would Dutch people steal graveyard statuettes? Are things that bad in Holland right now?
- usrusr 1y agoIt does not take many to steal many little statuettes.
- abcd_f 1y agoThis was in the news. Thieves got caught. They were Romanian gypsies.
- coryrc 1y agoFYI they're not Romanian.
- fshafique 1y agoRoma or Romani people, commonly known in Europe as gypsies, are not the same as Romanian people, although there is a large population there. You'll have to reference Wikipedia for a deeper dive.
- lmm 1y agoIt is of course entirely possible to be a Romanian gypsy, just as it's possible to be a Canadian Apache or a Syrian Kurd.
- Broken_Hippo 1y agoTheft is a weird crime. You don't need things to be bad to have theft, especially of small or easy to steal things. It is one of those crimes that sticks around regardless of how "good" or "bad" things are, though admittedly it seems to be a bit less when times are good. I moved from the midwest, US to Norway - and theft seems to be one of the more common crimes. Things really aren't especially bad here from my point of view. Regardless, You still have thrill seekers, folks that mismanage money, folks that slip through the state support cracks, drug users and alcoholics, gamblers, teens whose parents don't provide for them (both real and perceived) and so on.