Abby wrote:Aske wrote:
on one hand it seems paradoxical for a country currently involved in an armed conflict or otherwise conducting themselves in a way that flies in the face of everything esc stands for to be included in a contest created to celebrated peace and unity, but esc really isnt a contest between states and contestants arent government representatives. in theory at least, in some cases thats probably debatable but i digress.
politics can never be fully removed when country names are involved and when the winning country gets to host next years competition, fair enough, but just because a state is up to no good does not mean that said countrys public broadcaster is not allegible to take part. that depends on the broadcaster. it also doesnt mean that the country, people and culture is not worthy of celebration, which should be the most obvious thing ever but somehow it's not.
so in the case of israel, as long as KAN is an ebu member allegible for participation, they will be and should be allowed to take part. that goes for belarus and azerbaijan and whoever else people have issues with too.
but as it turns out KAN has made it very simple this year, and i hope they dont let it pass as theyve done w ukraine in past
theyre fully aware that they crossed a line w this and the fact they they are doing it anyways and plan on refusing to go along w it if ebu requests a change is fucking pathetic im sorry, play by the rules or face the consequenses bye
HUH
well in that case bringing politics on purpose to the Eurovision deserves expulsion lmao
What did Ukraine do though?
Azerbaijan n Belarus I know
In 2016 they entered with a song named "1944" which is about the deportation of a lot of krimtarians (People living on Krim ??) done by the Soviet Union.