Found this article in the NY Times
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- vaxorcist0
It all reminds me of those "Carry On" films.....
- kingsteven0
“They scream, they sing, they fall down, they take their clothes off, they cross-dress, they vomit”
- monospaced0
Americans better represent. We can't be having this.
- monospaced0
David Familton, a Briton who works in a club here, said that it was a question of emotional comfort. “It’s because of British culture — no one can relax, so they become inebriated to be the people they want to be,” he said.
- Hombre_Lobo0
@Khurram (seeing my mate Khurram this evening lol)
I do think these brit tourist party animals are no different from american college / university (whatever the equivalent is) party animals. Like those jersey shore tools or spring break parties. Obviously the NY times wouldnt make mention of that.
Every culture has their share of complete idiots. America is most definitely no different.
And contrary to what you said most of these british party animals aren't pikeys. pikeys couldn't afford to go on holiday. They are just clubbers. They haven't been to prison. Being a young brit i know the type of party crowd, they arent ex-cons or something. Maybe you're just intimidated by brits. Like some people are intimidated by other cultures.
That said, these british party tourists do make me ashamed to be british. Look like a complete bunch of inbreds.
- hans_glib0
these fuckers deserve all they get. i fucking hate the image they give of the uk as a whole... if they behave like that the country concerned should ban them from returning.
- Hombre_Lobo0
When me and my gf book a holiday to somewhere in europe, we always look for very non clubbing places. Mainly go for places where couples go or families. Much nicer atmosphere to me.
- goldieboy0
It's sad and very true. And that's why I avoid these 'chav' hotspots like the plague!
- Peter0
What's an alfresco oral sex contest?
- Club 18-30?goldieboy
- yeah... i think they meant 'impromptu'kingsteven
- Mr Al Fresco is the judge and promoter.Amicus
- georgesIII0
I love the brits,
they're the only one singing offensive songs in the subway here and every years we get the local "brits killed by tram" news report,God bless the Queen
- detritus0
Aye, likewise - when I lived abroad as a kid I was - I hate to admit it - ashamed of my fellow Brits, but then I was young and stupid and lumped them all together.
I did everything I could to ingratiate myself with the locals, distancing myself from my fellow countrymen. As I grew up, I realised this was too polar a perspective. When I moved back to Britain to go to uni, I realised how totally wrong I was.
I was 18 at the time. I'll forgive myself for being so stupidly and credulously single-minded in my ill-thought conviction.
I'll be generous and assume some of the posters in here are equally as young as that, and have not the time on this earth or the breadth of its experience to formulate a realistic opinion beyond those remorseless, single-sided caricatures spouted by gleeful journos.
btw - khurram - I'm kind of curious to know why you think my mentioning shekels is anti-semitic.
You said to me once, here, that people tend to see and respond to in others that which they most ignore and dislike in themselves (or, words to that effect). Given that the term 'shekel' is an oft-used catchall for all money from beyond time, I wonder why it is so ardently racist, as you imply? Curious, anyway. Especially as shekel isn't even specifically Jewish - it comes from way before that.
- lukus_W0
Terrible. It's a very ugly side of UK society.
The blame can't lie solely on the shoulders of those who participate though. The UK is in a strange position. We're isolated, being an Island - and I think that this has a negative effect on our standing in mainland Europe, but socially the UK is also very segregated via class.
To a certain extent, I reckon the people involved have been failed by society. It doesn't make it more acceptable .. but I think it might help to show how deep rooted the problem is.
There's a 'Daily Mail'-led point of view that would quickly dismiss these people as 'chavs abroad' .. and talk about how society is doomed, and how we should all return to traditional values - when it was actually the failure of these traditional values that brought our society to this point.
A more progressive politics is needed. Poverty breeds desperation, and desperation manifests itself in many negative ways. Commercialism breeds the empty, vacuous pursuit of instant reward and gratification. If we dealt with these two central issues I think things might be able to start to get better.
- The people in the article aren't poverty stricken. They work in call centres and live with their parents.Fax_Benson
- I think that there's a divide between people who are taught to aspire and those who aren't.lukus_W
- it's nothing to do with poverty - it's an attitude of mind and bad manners. many of these arseholes are public school kids...hans_glib
- Praise Jesus!ethandmarquis
- nah, you're wide of the mark there Lukus - these twats have expendable income. They're just imbeciles.Wolfboy
- PIZZA0
Yep working class brits abroad are horrible, but we're getting a taste of our own medicine with all the french cunts in london at the minute
- desmo0
im not surprised by this article at all. ive seen this first hand and have plenty of english friends who admit to this behaviour as well!
drink anyone?
- aanderton0
I don't see why they don't just up the drinking age to 21 when visiting a foreign country.
Then again that'd pretty much kill tourism to places like Magaluf and Ibiza.
- raf0
On British culture and what happened with it...
http://www.city-journal.org/2008…
- scarabin0
i bet if they got their wish and the brits stopped coming they'd just be whining about not having enough tourism
- detritus0
haha, NonEntity - I'd forgotten about that ad..