This is the perfect time to introduce my friends The Eurovision Song Contest
Actually it’s one of the worst times ever, what with them refusing to ban the fascist apartheid regime and several countries boycotting it in response.
Even IF you don’t care enough to boycott it yourself, you’re bound to get a diminished show with 5 countries missing and the rest walking on egg shells not to get thrown out for angering the apartheid delegation.
The national finals and national selections will still be good fun, and if you vote in those, your money only goes to that national broadcaster and not to the corrupt EBU. I did recommend the many decades of previous contests, and I’m not going to tell other people to boycott the big show with me. It’s up to them.
I don’t know that there will be more eggshell walking than usual. The rules against politics have always been up for interpretation. There are always artists and delegations getting in trouble for flying e.g. Palestinian flags or anti-russian statements (at least until Russia was excluded from the contest). If we cancelled every international event in which a shitty country participates, we couldn’t have any at all.
I made my choice for this year, but I still enjoy the music.
Actually it’s one of the worst times ever, what with them refusing to ban the fascist apartheid regime and several countries boycotting it in response.
Even IF you don’t care enough to boycott it yourself, you’re bound to get a diminished show with 5 countries missing and the rest walking on egg shells not to get thrown out for angering the apartheid delegation.
The national finals and national selections will still be good fun, and if you vote in those, your money only goes to that national broadcaster and not to the corrupt EBU. I did recommend the many decades of previous contests, and I’m not going to tell other people to boycott the big show with me. It’s up to them.
I don’t know that there will be more eggshell walking than usual. The rules against politics have always been up for interpretation. There are always artists and delegations getting in trouble for flying e.g. Palestinian flags or anti-russian statements (at least until Russia was excluded from the contest). If we cancelled every international event in which a shitty country participates, we couldn’t have any at all.
I made my choice for this year, but I still enjoy the music.