Chirac urges change to law on French colonial past - Yahoo! News
"I will be uncompromising on the respect of the Republic's values: the fight against racism, against anti-Semitism, against discrimination," [Chirac] said.Funny, I thought racism, discrimination, and anti-Semitism were the Republic's values.
When your colonial legacy consists of encumbring imoverished nations with the runner up in world languages (the lingua franca ain't even franca) and the Napoleonic Code, I guess you need a law demanding your imperial past be portrayed in a positive light.
