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Greek outrage over drunken Brits
BBC News ^ | Friday, 26 August 2005

Posted on 08/26/2005 1:15:21 PM PDT by REactor

The Greek tourism minister is to hold emergency talks on the holiday island of Zakynthos on Monday amid outrage at the behaviour of British tourists.

Photographs in the Greek and UK press have shown young drunken Britons having sex in bars and other public places.

The island's MP, Dimitrios Varvarigos. has called for tourists committing acts of gross indecency to be put on trial and jailed for up to three years.

Those who have gone home should be sent back to Greece for trial, he says.

Bad reputation

The photos splashed across papers last week were taken in the resort of Laganas on the island's south coast, which used to be better known as a nocturnal breeding ground for loggerhead turtles.

But, over the past two years, it has become a favoured destination for British teenagers in search of sun, sand and cheap alcohol.

The town has seen behaviour including drunken orgies, vomiting in the streets and frequent fights. Police have closed down several of the most notorious nightclubs.

Young Britons already had a bad reputation in Greece after similar behaviour in resorts on the islands of Rhodes and Crete.

The town's deputy mayor, Stavros Papadatos, blamed holiday reps and the Greek proprietors of hundreds of bars and clubs in Laganas for encouraging drunkenness.

"Every night each one of them must make around 1,000 euros (£700) organising pub crawls. It's on those crawls that young British girls and boys appear to lose their minds," he said, according to a report in the Guardian.

Of the tourists shown in the papers committing indecent acts, Mr Varvarigos said: "We're talking about a lot of people.

"As many as possible should be located, extradited if need be, and made to bear the consequences," he insisted.

"Under Greek law that might mean prison sentences of two or three years."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: buggerrers; collapseofthewest; livenudebrits; nophotos

1 posted on 08/26/2005 1:15:21 PM PDT by REactor
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To: REactor

Wow, I didn't know they had a Panama City in Greece.


2 posted on 08/26/2005 1:18:49 PM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (new and improved redneck)
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To: REactor

Must be the Ouzo...

Why bother to take pictures, just call the cops!


3 posted on 08/26/2005 1:19:47 PM PDT by konaice
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To: REactor

Soccer hooligans...and now this?!


4 posted on 08/26/2005 1:20:06 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: REactor

And their point is?????


5 posted on 08/26/2005 1:20:38 PM PDT by llevrok (Semper Conservatatum)
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To: REactor

6 posted on 08/26/2005 1:20:50 PM PDT by oldleft
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To: REactor; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; ...
I am shocked and disappointed: Shocked that such smut could be posted on FR, and disappointed that you didn't include any pictures.
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7 posted on 08/26/2005 1:21:54 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Even Tom Cruise would recommend that Cindy Sheehan take a Paxil." --PBRSTREETGANG)
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To: oldleft

LOL


8 posted on 08/26/2005 1:21:58 PM PDT by Deetes (God Bless the Troops and their Families)
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To: REactor

Z


9 posted on 08/26/2005 1:22:20 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: REactor

Sounds like Fort Lauderdale on spring break.


10 posted on 08/26/2005 1:22:50 PM PDT by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: REactor

What!? Those Ouzo guzzelin', sheep-shearin', Zorba-dancin', olive-suckin' tossers?


11 posted on 08/26/2005 1:25:04 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: REactor

Q: Why do young British men and women fly to the Greek islands to get drunk, get high, get suntanned and get lewd in public?

A: Because Baja is too far to go in one weekend.


12 posted on 08/26/2005 1:32:08 PM PDT by RichInOC (...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87..."My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.")
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To: llevrok

What's OK in "Cool Britannia" won't necessarily fly in Greece.


13 posted on 08/26/2005 1:34:33 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: REactor
According to what was shown in the movie Summer Lovers (shot in the early 1980s), this sounds a lot like how the movie depicts Santorini before AIDS became a problem.
14 posted on 08/26/2005 1:49:28 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions (`)
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To: REactor

Wow, ouzo-fogged memories of Crete...


15 posted on 08/26/2005 2:00:45 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Frank_2001
What happens in Composte on Heape stays in Composte on Heape
16 posted on 08/26/2005 2:22:32 PM PDT by llevrok (Semper Conservatatum)
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To: REactor

well they are all soccer hooligans in the first place...

this is NORMAL behavior outside of a soccer stadium after a big win or a big loss....assuming there is one....


17 posted on 08/26/2005 2:23:33 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (It's called having class.....)
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To: REactor

My girlfriend toured Europe about a year ago with a school group. She said in every country they went to could be found young Brit tourists who were most often piss drunk, loud, abusive and generally disgusting. Most locals said they couldn't stand Brits.

I told her it didn't surprise me...have you seen the size of the British Isles? Obviously they are all inbred. No wonder they are letting killer muslims in at a record pace, they simply need breeding stock.


18 posted on 08/26/2005 2:26:16 PM PDT by Ktulu
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Brit tourists who were most often piss drunk, loud, abusive and generally disgusting. Most locals said they couldn't stand Brits.

But look at the bright side. I partied with a bunch of British Army guys while on a vacation in Germany and had a total blast.

19 posted on 08/26/2005 2:39:24 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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