Not all civilisations equal, French minister says

[FarCenter]

French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than others.

"Contrary to what the left's relativist ideology says, for us all civilisations are not of equal value," Gueant on Saturday told a conference in the French parliament building, but closed to the media.

"Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not," he argued in his speech at a meeting organised by a right-wing students group.

"Those which defend liberty, equality and fraternity, seem to us superior to those which accept tyranny, the subservience of women, social and ethnic hatred," he went on his speech, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120205-not-all-civilisations-equal-french-minister-says

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I have no problem with that.

[provis99]

2. so what's the controversy?

Are their people out there actually claiming that oppression of women is good, and tyranny is better than democracy? If there are, I say: screw them.