Sambuca is flammable. Stuart Feltham, a young British man, found this out when, allegedly, after inappropriately touching, and possibly exposing his genitals to Marina Fanouraki at a night club on Crete, he got Sambuca thrown on him, and ended up in flames. (Brit Stuart Feltham’s genitals set on fire on Greece holiday.)
Stuart has been described here and there, mostly by his parents and friends, as a nice guy, someone who would never do that, and as having a girlfriend — something that makes it ever more likely he wouldn’t participate in any of the behavior young British tourists so commonly participate in on Crete.
Feltham claimed she came out of the blue and lit him on fire, and he doesn’t have a clue why she did it. Fanouraki maintained she was accosted, groped from behind, and in addition he exposed himself to her while throwing out the companion words many of us are familiar with, words often heard in these situations, “ya wanna piece of this”, or something similar. According to Fanouraki, she then threw the Sambuca on him and left, hearing the cries and seeing the flame only seconds later. She assumes a cigarette started the fire.
The discussion on the web circles around the fact that even if he exposed himself to her, and groped her from behind, she went too far. I might agree, had she actually thrown a match on the very flammable liquor, something she denies. Even if she had intentionally thrown a match, I’m not so sure I’d say she went too far, if she was assaulted as she claimed — and my bets are on her. Who is to decide what is an appropriate defense when accosted? I say the woman is.
As it turns out, she turned herself in, had a hearing, told her story, was hailed a hero by women. They rescheduled a hearing for tomorrow so Mr. Feltham could come and present the story of his innocence, the one his lawyer has previously passed on.
Thing is, Mr. Feltham has left the building, or so unconfirmed reports say (though other reports say he is in another clinic in Greece, transferred for security reasons), secretly, and before the court appearance where he could have presented his case, and consequently before he could be charged with sexual assault.
Logic told me from the start her story was the correct one. The logic one gains from even a few club trips, and a little knowledge about British youth and Crete, a scene akin to Spring Break, Mexico, with the volume turned up to nightmare levels. Now that he has left the country, if he has left the country, I don’t even need logic to know what really happened.
Come to think of it the title of the post probably should be We Don’t Have to Take It.
Brits on holiday are the raunchiest wildest people I have ever seen. Alcohol is never an excuse and I have spent my life wondering why here, people get diminished capacity sentences
I have to believe her as she makes sense
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I could be wrong but it’s an initial gut feeling.
There are a lot of ways to get burned and most of them start with a dumb line. Young men, listen- Poetry is never more important than when you expose yourself uninvited.
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Good advice. I’ve tried to tell them. Maybe they’ll listen to you.
Oh, yeah, that’s the other thing.
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Those are some pretty wild clubs, and the British are notorious for their out of control actions there, always blamed on the alcohol, alcohol they have the choice to consume or not.
If she set him on fire purposefully, without him doing a thing, I’d disagree.
Reading what I can find it doesn’t seem reasonable that she did so, and I think what seems reasonable is probably what she said.
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I have to check on it today, haven’t had the time, but will have to follow it.
Can I just say ouch and leave it at that?
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You can, but it’s pretty lazy of you.
I was there a couple of summers ago with my South American relatives. We loved Greece. Crete does have some partying, more than some, and it is true the British guys are the most disruptive, rude and disliked there, yet also prayed upon, because they are easy cheap booze sales – they have no self control, not my words. A level over that of an American fraternity boy is the way they put it.
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No excuse though.
Gotta admit never had that happen. And never want to.
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I wouldn’t think it’d be on anyone’s list of “the 100 things I must do before I die”.
My worst binge weekend in Europe was spent in Blackpool, the Brits can drink. You went to Blackpool when you were there during semester break freshman year, I remember because I went the year after on gills (and your (almost) recommendation.
I was in Crete a few years back for semester break, they cater to the hard partying Brits. We did Ios too and there were hard partying people from all ovr the world. I don’t think I saw many sober people at any of the clubs or gatherings the whole time I was there. The whole culture of some areas there lead to that kind of thing. I am not excusing it at all, but living there one probably sees a lot of it, while happily taking the millions raked in off the cheap booze. You have to understand the culture of binge drinking promoted in that party scene. Greece is as responaible as the guy and or the woman.
Not my recommendation. ;)
I’ll have to make it a point to explore it myself. A study I’d call it, for academic purposes.