While we send the heaviest possible delegation of straight men to Sotchi to support Putin's human rights policies, Australia sends a song by Rufus Wainwright. In effect, Australia is thereby undermining a law against gay propaganda in Russia. Not that there is a single unspoken word in the official lyrics. "Complainte de la butte", after all, is just "complaint from a little hill". But the song, like much of Wainwright's work, is full of so-called "double entendre", in other words: it could also be interpreted as a rather horny song about sex not going through the front door.
Enfin.
It almost didn't happen because the record company smelt fuse, but on his own website Rufus Wainwright has since told That the song will be heard. In Sotchi.
See if Rutte can get over that.
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