Found this article in the NY Times
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- ethandmarquis0
Anymore opinions?
- Andrew_D0
"More alarmingly, a 20-year-old British tourist partied with her sister and a friend into the early hours in Malia also in July, then returned to her hotel room and — although she had denied being pregnant — gave birth. Her companions say they returned later to find the baby dead; she has been charged with infanticid"
Holy shit!
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she deserves some serious jail timegeorgesIII
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- Jimbo820
A few of my mates go out every week and get trashed to the point where they pass out, vomit, forget where/who they are etc etc.
I've never understood the appeal, the hangover is enough of a deterrent for me. Plus, it's costs a lot.
It's f*cking stupid.
- ThePublics0
Americans are the same, even worse in some cases, the difference being that the shitheads dont travel. It's not a unique social phenomenon, it's a byproduct of Ryanair.
- ThePublics0
Also, just imagine if Aussies had access to $9 flights to mainland Europe.
- ethandmarquis0
The weird thing about this story is that the Americans RARELY write scathing articles about Brits. The other thing is the quote from the mayor, " 'The government of Britain has to do something,” Mr. Lagoudakis said. “These people are giving a bad name to their country.' " It seems to be a huge problem in anglophone countries – America, Canada, UK, Australia.
- dMullins0
First world problem™
- Frosty_spl0
What is a chav, pikey? LIke a guido and redneck?
- detritus0
"Also, just imagine if Aussies had access to $9 flights to mainland Europe. "
See, this is just it - we're no different to every other Euro or Amero fag out there - we've just got a more developed consumerist culture feeding and promoting cheap flights.
I know Dutch and Scandies get up to similar level of hijinks abroad and, living living in quite an internationalised pocket of London, know that Germans, French and Americans are just as likely to fucktwisted as anyone else when they choose.
So get off your horse, put down your blinkered expectation and realise that poor innocent little Konstantis there is paying the price his government and local council set for welcoming stupid-cheap flights from Northern tour operators.
I'll bet they'll not be whinging when the season's over and they all fuck off back to Athens to count their bounty of sheckels.
Fucking two-faced sanctimonious dullards.
- Lol, brilliant. We have such a bad rep in mainland Europe though .. it isn't just Greece.lukus_W
- Nothing like a nice purging rant to start the browsing hour... :)detritus
- BTW Shekels are used in Israel not Greece, ignorant wanker.ethandmarquis
- its actually pretty anti-semitic, but there you go.Khurram
- Huh - sheckels aren't used in Greece? Wonders never cease! Thank you, Ethan, for showing me the light.detritus
- Next you'll be trying to tell me Greece has been part of the Eurozone for over a decade - pull the other one!detritus
- You're an angry person. Get some help, seriously.ethandmarquis
- LoL, you daft putz.detritus
- detritus0
What exactly is YOUR beef with Britain, "Ethan d'Marquis"?
You sound suspiciously like you want to be French, therefore your opinion is worth less than nothing - not even the smallest volume of the gassiest of hot winds emanating from any of your countrymen.
- That's right I hate British people LOL. Sounds like you have a drinking problem. Go to Betty Ford, cause I didn't write this article to dumb ass faggot!ethandmarquis
- Sound like you can relate. I am British dumb ass. Go to Betty Ford and admit you have a drinking problem. I didn't write the article.ethandmarquis
- You took this seriously?
You're no Brit, that much I can see. Definitely French.detritus - detritus is Ray Gardner. He drinks Blackcurrant Tango. He'll take you all on.NonEntity
- detritus0
At least these kids are out there, earning a wage and blowing it on what they want - rather than sitting around the parents' 'til they're gone 35.
I'm looking at you Greece, Italy, Spain.
- MHDC0
- jamble0
I'd have more sympathy with the resorts if they weren't selling a party 24/7 environment where booze flows cheaply all hours. They can't have it both ways. If you sell jugs of booze for a couple of euros and then find people are dicks when they're drunk you should stop.
That said, Brits abroad on this sort of piss up are a pretty shameful bunch.
- it doesnt matter if resorts sell cheap booze. you have to wonder why there is a pub at every corner. drinking is part of the british culture.desmo
- raf0
I love how the Irish often say they suffer bad reputation as tourists abroad because of the Brits who spoiled it for anyone coming from these islands. I suppress laughter then, out of mercy.
- Everyone loves the Irish .. makes me feel sick.lukus_W
- Brits are actually worse, there's 20x more of them :)raf
- I must confess, when I lived abroad I was very careful to stress I was Scottish rather than English. ...detritus
- ... sadly, it often seemed to make an immediate difference. I'm ashamed of my conduct now, I realise.detritus
- Are you trying to say Scottish are just as delusional as Irish, or just clever? :)raf
- lukus_W0
Was written in 2008 ... maybe it's better now.
- detritus0
Anyway, Greece can complain when she starts paying her taxes.
- raf0