With the Azerbaijan government in violation of the Council of Europe, infamous for corruption, notorious for repression against expression, it is indeed ironic that Europe's most beloved singing contest is held in Azerbaijan.

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It runs on the old Mars-Venus dichotomy of emotional repression versus expression, but brings out a far stranger and more specific current of underlying discord, regarding the isolating comforts of prosperity, the fault lines of friendships, and the murky depths of what passes for love.

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Censorship and repression are still appallingly common in this age of open expression.

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