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[edit] Removal of the statement about Dom being same as Rom(a)

I propose that unless someone can provide a good reason, the (apparently false) statement about the Dom/Rom relationship be removed from both this page and the Roma People page.

From Dr W.R. Rishi in regard to the Roma:

"Please do not - repeat - not connect them with the Doms, a lower case in India. Please do not distort their name to be pronounced and written as "Rrom" and thus do not falsify their history. It is the duty if Romani media to use ROM as their proper name and not "Rrom" as wrongly advocated by so called "neo-linguists"."

from Roma Nos 42-43, January-July 1995

(But I got it from: http://www.romani.org/rishi/romrroma.html )—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.240.91.230 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. I don't think it's appropriate not to mention the fact that the Dom are universally regarded as part of the larger Roma ethnic group, though you may want to add that some Roma don't consider themselves connected with the Dom. The Dom of this article are not simply a "lower caste" in India. This article deals mainly with the groups outside India. Linguistic research shows that the Domari and Romani languages split from a common ancestor in the distant past. See the Dom Research Center for more information about the Dom's relationship to the Roma. — [zɪʔɾɪdəʰ] · ☥ 21:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

People of Dom! As God of thine mighty belief though art my children. I am here for you as you are my sheep in a flock of sheep and I the mighty shepherd.Your God truly! Dom!