What a surprise!

[dangermousie]

Remember the French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand? The one who was so outraged over Polanski's capture, and called US behavior in seeking Polanski's extradition callous and horrifying?

Well, in a very non-shocking but repulsive twist, it turns out Mitterand himself used to buy boy prostitutes in Thailand. See BBCLittle exerpt from the

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[er_mused]

Don't they screen their candidates before appointing a minister???

Sigh!

[dangermousie]

Apparently not - that book has been out for years. Did NOBODY read it?

[lydzi]

I wanted to post something about it but you beat me. Gosh I have no words for that... worse government we ever had. Rotten to the freakin core.

He should be in jail as you put it. No excuse.

[dangermousie]

I "love" that he is insisting he should remain at his post. It's just amazing.

[lydzi]

I know. It's amazing in a very negative way. Worse part being the president (don't even get me started on this one) who says that people are making a fuss about nothing.

I'm sorry but what? :o

They clearly have a problem with priorities here.

[dangermousie]

And now he is saying by boys he meant 40yr-old men. Yeah, right - show me a 40yr male prostitute in Thailand.

[lazypadawan]

I guess nobody bothered to read his book until now.

Figures...I've always believed child pornography, sex trafficking, and other forms of exploitation against children would go away tomorrow if not for the support of powerful people who are somehow benefitting from it.

[dangermousie]

Agreed - his new claims that he meant middleaged men are ridiculous and nauseating.

[katranna]

The worst par of that quote is that he seems to be saying part of the excitement for him ARE the sordid conditions through which these boys are made available to him. Child slavery and forced prostitution are so arousing!

[dangermousie]

Why, we are being so horribly unenlightened not to see it his way.