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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down3·5 months agoThey should have been thrown out once it got clear that their response to October 7 turned into a genocide.
minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down18·5 months agoThey’re not in Europe, so they should have never been eligible to participate.
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down3·5 months agoThis is not the reason why they should be out. They are a part of the EBU and therefore eligible. The war and genocide is a clear violation though and got Russia kicked pretty fast when they invaded Ukraine
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·5 months agoThey should be thrown out of EBU and any other European association a long time ago.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months agoWell akshually you only need to be within the European Broadcasting Area to participate; Middle Eastern countries other than Israel just don’t.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoThen how does Australia get a pass?
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 months agoThey’re a long time affiliate member of the EBU and big Eurovision fans, they were invited for the 60th Eurovision (IIRC) to mark the event and they’ve just stuck around.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agoMeh, same goes for Australia, but I see your point.
They should have been thrown out once it got clear that their response to October 7 turned into a genocide.
They’re not in Europe, so they should have never been eligible to participate.
This is not the reason why they should be out. They are a part of the EBU and therefore eligible.
The war and genocide is a clear violation though and got Russia kicked pretty fast when they invaded Ukraine
They should be thrown out of EBU and any other European association a long time ago.
Well akshually you only need to be within the European Broadcasting Area to participate; Middle Eastern countries other than Israel just don’t.
Then how does Australia get a pass?
They’re a long time affiliate member of the EBU and big Eurovision fans, they were invited for the 60th Eurovision (IIRC) to mark the event and they’ve just stuck around.
Meh, same goes for Australia, but I see your point.