Madonna Booed

I loathe Madonna. When her songs come on the radio, I turn the radio off - she's the only "artist" that motivates me to do that. So, I was overjoyed when I saw this: Madonna booed in Bucharest.

BUCHAREST, Romania - At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.

Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent.

The article goes on to describe the "bias" and "discrimination" against Roma/Gypsies. For the Americans out there, Roma/Gypsies in Europe are similar to Mexicans here in the United States, but they cause even greater problems than the illegal immigrants that have caused political, economic, and social issues here in America. They're nomadic by culture, which means that they aren't just another ethnic group - they're another ethnic group that squats on public and private land, in camps and "caravans" (RVs and motor homes). They have an overwhelming tendency to leech off of social welfare systems without contributing. I'm not saying they should be killed, but when people in various countries hate them, they at least hate them with justifiable reason. Discrimination and bias against the Roma/Gypsies isn't like discrimination against Jews, or even against blacks, from some folks here in the United States - it's based on very real, credible, and long-standing problems caused by these people.

Madonna's an idiot, she should have kept her filthy trap shut (as usual), and she got what was coming to her.