French 'boy sex' minister defiant
The French cultural minister - and nephew of a former President - is in hot water over a book he wrote a few years ago in which he detailed how he enjoyed paying for sex with "young boys" in Thailand. Thailand is a popular destination for "sex tourism" (that is, pedophiles who travel the world to get off). He says he did nothing wrong, and has condemned sex tourism and pedophilia, and said that he used the term "young boys" loosely and that everyone he had sex with was his age, or only five years younger.
Of course, considering his "impassioned" condemnation of the U.S. extradition of Roman Polanski (who plead guilty to raping a 13-year-old in the 1970s, then fled)...well, you do the math.
Who knows what the truth is, but at least on the surface, it seems creepy. Maybe he's just guilty of using imprecise language, but it may also be a case of western Europe being too progressive on the issue (although no one seems worked up that it was gay sex, or even prostitution).
Of course, considering his "impassioned" condemnation of the U.S. extradition of Roman Polanski (who plead guilty to raping a 13-year-old in the 1970s, then fled)...well, you do the math.
Who knows what the truth is, but at least on the surface, it seems creepy. Maybe he's just guilty of using imprecise language, but it may also be a case of western Europe being too progressive on the issue (although no one seems worked up that it was gay sex, or even prostitution).