It seems that the politics in Europe has changed. No longer is Ireland a country that maintained its identity and spirit and won its independence, despite being ravaged by famine and being arguably* treated worse than any other country by the world's largest empire, which other countries pity. "Maybe we just have no friends in Europe anymore. One observer remarked to me that we were now the rich kids of the continent and lacking the charm of old."

I am, of course, talking about Dustin's early exit from the increasingly weird, and still geopolitical, competition known as Eurovision.

* = If you disagree, I've got a really nice quote which will change your mind: read page 6 of "How the Irish Saved Civilisation: The Untold Stort of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe" by Thomas Cahill.
Wed, 21 May 2008 15:55 WEST | Category: Music
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