He always sang about freedom and the joy of living.
In an interview with our colleagues from TF1 in
Sept à Huit
on Sunday, November 8, Pierre Perret defended freedom of expression by not hesitating to show as an example the courage of history professor Samuel Paty murdered by an Islamist terrorist in front of his high school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in October.
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Free thinker, enemy of any form of tyranny, the cantor of
pretty summer camps
and tenderness came back, singing, to the importance of education and the freedom to believe or not to believe: "
I would like although it is learned by heart in schools.
Words of love or even blasphemies are essential to my breathing.
My France can be a believer, but has every right to be an atheist.
Bible or Koran if it suits her, she says sorry, it's not my cup of tea.
Of course my France is secular, free to think and free to speak.
It is the France of the Republic.
Religions cannot be learned at school.
"
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Praise for teachers
The selflessness and courage of Samuel Paty, who illustrated his course on freedom of expression by commenting on caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad deserves in his eyes the greatest respect.
And today, taking inspiration from his example, he whose name many schools bear, invites other teachers to take him as a model: "
Because I know it's not easy, and teachers need a lot of courage and determination.
You have to hold the bar.
"
Slight irreverence with his song
Zizi
or more serious with his last album
Ma France à moi
, Pierre Perret firmly believes in the civilizing virtues of the values of the Republic.
All those who teach and disseminate them are the pillars of freedom, cartoonists, journalists, schoolmasters and teachers.
He associated them symbolically in the conclusion of his interview: “
Fortunately there are some who have the courage that Samuel Paty or
Charlie Hebdo had
or lots of others who fought for freedom of expression.
Freedom of expression, I put that above everything.
"
Pierre Perret sings
Ma France à moi
in his latest album