Latvian xenophobes hate "British pigs"

**sandmanfez** · 06-08-2009, 13:46

Originally Posted by seabrook3

What right does this gentleman have to refer to British people as "English Pigs "

The right of free speech you retard. On the whole, Brits abroad on stag and hen partys are drunken disrespectful pigs. But don't worry, you're Welsh and lacking sufficent chromosones to qualify as a person or a pig. Would you prefer sponge or mollusc?

**benjaminw1** · 06-08-2009, 13:50

Originally Posted by seabrook3

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8185159.stm

The mayor of the Latvian capital of Riga says British stag parties will no longer be welcomed with open arms.
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Mr Usakovs said some British visitors were guilty of misbehaving: "Let's not be politically correct - unfortunately, this is their speciality."
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Last year the country's then interior minister, Mareks Seglins, complained about "English pigs" and said they were a "dirty, hoggish people"
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Earlier this year South Wales Police sent two officers to Riga to advise on how to deal with hen and stag parties from Britain.

What right does this gentleman have to refer to British people as "English Pigs "
May be their are some people with in the u.k. who act disgraceful and they should be made accountable for their actions but when people from other countries are disrespecting our country this is totally disgraceful

Feck off cnut. Disrespecting? You some sort of gangsta sojer then?

**rickshaw-major** · 06-08-2009, 13:52

Originally Posted by seabrook3

What right does this gentleman have to refer to British people as "English Pigs "
May be their are some people with in the u.k. who act disgraceful and they should be made accountable for their actions but when people from other countries are disrespecting our country this is totally disgraceful

Chubb

1. He is not a gentleman - he is a foreigner from a Country nobody can accurately pinpoint on a map. His views are irrelevent!

2. As are yours - go away!

**finnjim** · 06-08-2009, 14:07

Originally Posted by sundance

Was there for a stag weekend recently, had a brilliant time. They do fcuking hate us though, although it seems to be more the Brits abroad stereotype than anything else.

On the morning we left the hotel staff apologised to us for being rude. They stated that they were under the impression all British tourists were loud obnoxious troublemakers and that they were sorry for being rude to us during our stay. I thought they were fine to be honest, certainly no worse than any other hotel I've stayed in.

The Finnish group we bumped into several times were acting bigger cnuts than we ever could have.
Edited to add - the police presence in old Riga is huge, there were no bouncers in any of the pubs/clubs we were in, just cops on every street corner who stuck their heads in from time to time.

That's why the Finns are highly unpopular in Estonia too, Looks like they have moved to Latvia

**Command_doh** · 06-08-2009, 14:10

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltskin

The biggest complaint is about tourists who urinate on central Riga's Freedom Monument, which honours soldiers killed while fighting for independence between 1918-20

But I bet they love you guys...

Btw, the mayor of Riga (newly elected) is Nil Ushakov (BBC distorted his surname). He is ethnically Russian.

http://www.ushakov.lv/ru/

Nobody cares. Maybe Russia can agitate and forment some more protests and fighting over statues and ignite ethnic tension - something they are very good at.

**mnairb** · 06-08-2009, 14:33

'That's why the Finns are highly unpopular in Estonia too, Looks like they have moved to Latvia.'

It used to be Leningrad (or St Petersburg, or whatever they're calling it this month) where the Finns would get off the ferry, stock up in the nearest offy, book into the hotel then vanish for the weekend. The Finns do have an excuse - Scandinavian licensing laws in general (and Finnish laws in particular) are so draconian that when they go on a boozy weekend, they tend to make a good job of it.

As for the Latvians being Xenophobic, as someone has already said - when you see a Latvian p1ssing on the Cenotaph then you can comment. Being kicked around by the Russians for 60 odd years tends to make the Latvians a bit more appreciative of what they have. Solzenitsyn said of the Latvians that they were the only race where he had never met a bad one (a bit like Fijians).

**scarletto** · 06-08-2009, 14:37

hahaha the Finns i bumped into, all they needed was a longboat, now as has been said they do take the peesh

**Bradstyley** · 06-08-2009, 14:39

typical foreign cnuts, they'll take your money soon enough and slag you off for it, they'll be begging for our help if the Russians ever get revanchist...

**KGB_resident** · 06-08-2009, 14:43

Originally Posted by seabrook3

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8185159.stm

The mayor of the Latvian capital of Riga says British stag parties will no longer be welcomed with open arms.
...
Mr Usakovs said some British visitors were guilty of misbehaving: "Let's not be politically correct - unfortunately, this is their speciality."
...
Last year the country's then interior minister, Mareks Seglins, complained about "English pigs" and said they were a "dirty, hoggish people"
...
Earlier this year South Wales Police sent two officers to Riga to advise on how to deal with hen and stag parties from Britain.

What right does this gentleman have to refer to British people as "English Pigs "

In many countries people believe that all inhabitants of Great Britain are the English, that the government in London is English government.

The Scots are being ragarded sometimes as special kind of the English, as 'mountaneous English'.

Compare. The Soviet were called as 'the Russians' while ethnically Russians were only 50% of Soviet population.

So the Latvian minister saing about "English pigs" meant rather UK citizens.

Though... who knows?

**rickshaw-major** · 06-08-2009, 14:48

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

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So the Latvian minister saing about "English pigs" mean rather UK citizens.

Ah so he is criticizing us Scots as well - in that case he really IS a cnut and I hope his zakuska chokes him, the w@nker

**hogspawn** · 06-08-2009, 14:58

Originally Posted by sundance

Was there for a stag weekend recently, had a brilliant time. They do fcuking hate us though, although it seems to be more the Brits abroad stereotype than anything else.

On the morning we left the hotel staff apologised to us for being rude. They stated that they were under the impression all British tourists were loud obnoxious troublemakers and that they were sorry for being rude to us during our stay. I thought they were fine to be honest, certainly no worse than any other hotel I've stayed in.

The Finnish group we bumped into several times were acting bigger cnuts than we ever could have.

Edited to add - the police presence in old Riga is huge, there were no bouncers in any of the pubs/clubs we were in, just cops on every street corner who stuck their heads in from time to time.

a lesson for us on how to do things then!

**Biscuits_AB** · 06-08-2009, 15:10

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltskin

The biggest complaint is about tourists who urinate on central Riga's Freedom Monument, which honours soldiers killed while fighting for independence between 1918-20

But I bet they love you guys...

Btw, the mayor of Riga (newly elected) is Nil Ushakov (BBC distorted his surname). He is ethnically Russian

If he wasn't he soon will be you mean.

**rickshaw-major** · 06-08-2009, 15:14

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

Originally Posted by KGB_resident

Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltskin

The biggest complaint is about tourists who urinate on central Riga's Freedom Monument, which honours soldiers killed while fighting for independence between 1918-20

But I bet they love you guys...

Btw, the mayor of Riga (newly elected) is Nil Ushakov (BBC distorted his surname). He is ethnically Russian

If he wasn't he soon will be you mean.

Again!

**Dogdrool** · 06-08-2009, 16:20

What the fcuk have our pigs done to deserve a slagging off from this cnut?
Go eat Danish bacon you fcuking hampster

**Ethel_the_Aardvark** · 06-08-2009, 16:28

Originally Posted by Turk

TBH, given the british propensity for stag party drinking and shenanigans, i'm not at all suprised about the comments in the article. All it takes is a few utter morons on an easyjet flight to a foreign country, give them a few beers and terry and jerry from the local start trashing the place. However they could have it worse, investment bankers could go drinking there.

My bold.

Surely you are not attempting to make a distinction between "utter morons" and "investment bankers"?