EUROPEAN SICKNESS
Aram Abrahamian

Aravot.am
23 May 06

The fact that the overwhelming majority of TV viewers gave their votes
to the Finnish “Lordi” group in “Eurovision-2006” isn’t accidental
at all.

Certainly we can console ourselves that it was a “protesting” polling;
people have got tired of sweet melodies of pop-music and inclined
to the strong, ” monstrous” appearances. But that inclination is the
epicrisis of a serious sickness. If I would A European I would stop
for a moment and think whether they go in a right way.

Let’s give a simple example; let’s suppose that a person is a
homosexual. It’ s his own business, let him do what he likes at his
own house. He can’t be pursued for it and deprive of his rights or
work. This is the limit of tolerance. But the point is that the modern
Europeans aren’t satisfied with that limit. They think that women and
men of non traditional orientation have a right to organize parades
performing their ugliness in the streets. And it is the infringement
of my rights because I don’t want my children to see demonstrations
of those spiritual invalids.

In the same way, if you are leprous or evil spirits are inside you,
go and receive a treatment or pray at home. But you take you sickness
to the stage knowing that millions of young people suffer from the
same sickness. They even call their ”song” ”Haliluya” /which is
translated from Hebrew ”Praise the God” /. We can affirm that the
“Lordi”-s were praising the Satan. And the mode of “Satanism” in
Europe, which is a dangerous signal.

Today the authorities of Armenia and almost all political powers,
sincere or hypocritical take oaths of faithfulness to European
values. It is a positive process in general; Armenia must indeed
become a state where the best ideas of European thinkers of 17-18
centuries must be embodied. But we must also know the limit and not
to pass the limit of above-mentioned tolerance.

It is known that our officials who sent singers to the ”Eurovision”
have been led by the following principle up to the present day; to
imitate the former winners of that contest. We can say that principle
won in Athens. But we should know the limit in using the approach. We
shouldn’t make for example Inga and Anush Arshakians take on the
masks of leprous and send to Finland.

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