There was an article in this past Sunday's NYT about boorish British behavior abroad. A stereotype I was familiar with, but this part of the article jumped out at me:
I thought there had to have been some typo--over 1500 deaths in a 12 month period in one country? I had forgotten about it, then remembered this morning and went to check the NYT corrections. Nothing there. Then I did a search, found a BBC report about the study, and found out the figure was accurate.
Jesus fucking Christ. What are you people doing in Spain? I know it mentions that medical cases could account for some of those figures, but still. Over a 100 Britons a month dying in Spain? Why there?
The only rational thing I can think of is that retired British people living in Spain are counted, and most of those are natural deaths. Am I wrong?
A recent report published by the British Foreign Office, “British Behavior Abroad,” noted that in a 12-month period in 2006 and 2007, 602 Britons were hospitalized and 28 raped in Greece, and that 1,591 died in Spain and 2,032 were arrested there.
The report did not distinguish between medical cases and arrests associated with drunkenness and those that had nothing to do with it. But it did say that “many arrests are due to behavior caused by excessive drinking.”
The report did not distinguish between medical cases and arrests associated with drunkenness and those that had nothing to do with it. But it did say that “many arrests are due to behavior caused by excessive drinking.”
Jesus fucking Christ. What are you people doing in Spain? I know it mentions that medical cases could account for some of those figures, but still. Over a 100 Britons a month dying in Spain? Why there?
The only rational thing I can think of is that retired British people living in Spain are counted, and most of those are natural deaths. Am I wrong?
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