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Israel is included in Eurovision and the European Union includes Asian land within its borders so itโs relevant to discuss how we want to steer this ship.
No it's not. That the ebu invites Israel and Australia is just idiotic.
They're involved in the organization and Cyprus is geographically situated in Asia paving the door for "Israel to join" that some individuals are proposing.
Cyprus is located on the Eurasian tectonic Plate, mate.
And with your logic, it would also pave the door for every other Asian country, not just Israel. So why are you so focused on them?
There is no such thing as europe anyway. It's just a racist concept the white have made up to distinguish themselves from yellow and brown people. How come the Ural is a continental boundary and the alps, the andes, the rockes aren't? Bitch please
Bit of an assumption.
The earliest notions of Europe as a continent are from a time where your neighbors who speak a slightly different dialect are the worst scum imaginable. Racism didn't even exist (since races did not exist in anyone's mind), xenophobia against everyone who dared to live right next to you was where all discrimination was based on.
We're talking 600 BCE for the concept of Europe and Asia as separate geographical regions to emerge.
I appreciate your contributions however we must keep this thread civil.
Itโs actually located outside of it. Israel is geographically close to Cyprus.
In what way is the door paved?
You know what Iโm saying.
No I don't, and I don't mean your mangled idiom but the intention behind it.
How does Cyprus or Australia being part of the EBU pave the road to Israel becoming a member of the EU?
I'm talking about Cyprus being in the european union.
No you were talking about Israel joining the EU?
Not only that but French Guiana is in the union too. The EU's land isn't confined to Europe.
Because French Guinana is part of France.
Isn't that way further away then Israel is to the european union?
French Guinana is still France and last I checked the map it's pretty much in the hearthlands of the EU.
Heck if Greenland wasn't autonomous it would also be part of the EU because of Denmark.
French Guiana isnโt located in continental europe, thatโs what the debate is about.
That doesn't matter. French Guiana is French Territory, that is what matters. And as such is part of the EU.
It does since geography is arbitrarily used against countries people personally disagree with from joining the european union. One could argue that Quebec is part of France and should be in the european union if they didn't lose the 7 year war.
Why then argue that Israel should join because it's closer to the EU than Cyprus and French Guinana, when geography shouldn't matter if a nation should join the EU?
And no Quebec belongs to Canada. Noone should argue about that.
Youโre putting words in my mouth, Iโm saying Israel could join not should.
Yeah you are right my bad.
There was also talk of "Israel joining Nato"
Okay and that paves the road to Israel joining the EU how?