news.com.au— SEVENTEEN UK tourists have been arrested on the island of Crete for insulting the Catholic church after they paraded themselves dressed "in nun attire and naughty lingerie", police said.
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I'm pretty sure there's more to this story than is being written here. The catholic church doesn't have a presence in Greece so I don't understand how anyone would care about insults to the catholic church.I'm pretty sure there is a lot of disorderly conduct and public indecency to go along with this but "Drunk streakers get arrested" doesn't sound as sensationalistic as "Theocratic government imprisons tourists for insulting religion".
Read the article, folks... they weren't arrested and charged with "insulting Christianity"... they were arrested for mooning people out in public and likely causing some form of public disturbance.That said, it's good thing they didn't try and pull a stunt like this in the middle east... lest they be on death row right now.
FTA:In previous years the men have dressed up as St Trinian's schoolgirls in Portugal and babies in Cyprus. They have never experienced any trouble before.Wow, the Brits know how to have fun, don't they?
dampealMay 25, 2009
What no pictures? This needs pictures, without them it is truly a fail...
Closed AccountMay 26, 2009
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
geokenMay 26, 2009
I'm pretty sure there's more to this story than is being written here. The catholic church doesn't have a presence in Greece so I don't understand how anyone would care about insults to the catholic church.I'm pretty sure there is a lot of disorderly conduct and public indecency to go along with this but "Drunk streakers get arrested" doesn't sound as sensationalistic as "Theocratic government imprisons tourists for insulting religion".
iamnotmrtMay 26, 2009
What?? You mean the rest of the world doesn't like our drunken holiday antics?
Closed AccountMay 26, 2009
I need 50 ml of mindbleach... stat!
zippoMay 26, 2009
Read the article, folks... they weren't arrested and charged with "insulting Christianity"... they were arrested for mooning people out in public and likely causing some form of public disturbance.That said, it's good thing they didn't try and pull a stunt like this in the middle east... lest they be on death row right now.
kareemachanMay 26, 2009
FTA:In previous years the men have dressed up as St Trinian's schoolgirls in Portugal and babies in Cyprus. They have never experienced any trouble before.Wow, the Brits know how to have fun, don't they?
elcalrissianMay 26, 2009
If you replaced Catholic with Islam, and Nun with Shah or Imam, then the headline would mention a body count.