Sarkozy Defends Gay French Culture Minister Over Male Prostitutes (Why Mitterand Supports Polanski)

The Weekender ^ | 10/8/2009 | Paola Totaro

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Gay French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand's defense of Roman Polanski has now put his own past under the microscope. French politicians have called the defense an attack on the United States and at least one party has called for Mitterand's resignation.

Mitterand, whom Sarkozy appointed as Culture Minister, in June, apparently wrote a book described as "a mixture of straight autobiography and more dreamlike reflection" in which he talks about paying boys for sex.

Says Mitterand in the book: "I got into the habit of paying for boys [even though I knew] the sordid details of this traffic...All these rituals of the market for youths, the slave market excited me enormously ... the abundance of very attractive and immediately available young boys put me in a state of desire."

French President Nicolas Sarkozy defended Mitterand through a spokesman: "French political debate sometimes takes on a pathetic form. It's excessive and quite undignified...I have not heard Frederic Mitterrand say anything against France's position of fighting sex tourism."

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For those who don't know and wonder why the name -- Mitterand sounds familiar, Frederick Mitterand is former French president, Francois Mitterand's nephew.

Frederick apparently is a patron of boy sex in Thailand. It should not come as a surprise then that he defends Roman Polanski.

The thing that disappoints me is why Sarkozy would even bother to allow him to remain a minister.

[GeronL]

They have their own Kevin Jennings. Maybe he should be put in charge of schools?

[all the best]

What disturbs me is that a country has a Minister of Culture. Only appropriate for a totalitarian country. Or one going in that direction.

[BlueLancer]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy defended Mitterand through a spokesman: "French political debate sometimes takes on a pathetic form. It's excessive and quite undignified...I have not heard Frederic Mitterrand say anything against France's position of fighting sex tourism."

Of course not ... that just means that he can keep going there to do "research" and not have to haggle over the best pickings with the hoi polloi.

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[Travis McGee]

How SICK!

[dsc]

It’s staggering that Western Civilization has sunk so low that such vermin are accepted in public life.

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"French political debate sometimes takes on a pathetic form. It's excessive and quite undignified...I have not heard Frederic Mitterrand say anything against France's position of fighting sex tourism."

Wow. So if a government official engages in illegal sexual acts but does not publicaly advocate them...it's ok and ethical? I guess I shouldn't be surprised given how Sarkozy is ruled by his own genitals.

[stevio]

It makes you wonder how much time we really have left. Oh yea, Sarkosy is a “right-winger”.

[jiggyboy]

"Francois, get your money's worth. Wait until they've learned the trade."

[Callahan]

Right while his “Minister of Culture” goes back to the “dignified” practice of buggering penniless Thai child prostitutes.

[ElenaM]

Geez, I clicked on that link and now I have to disinfect my hard drive. You oughta warn us of those kind of links. . ..

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Right while his “Minister of Culture” goes back to the “dignified” practice of buggering penniless Thai child prostitutes.

What is the equivalent of "Minister of Culture" here in the USA ? Do we have a Czar for that today ?

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Right while his “Minister of Culture” goes back to the “dignified” practice of buggering penniless Thai child prostitutes.

What is the equivalent of "Minister of Culture" here in the USA ? Do we have a Czar for that today ?