Perhaps President Duterte was a little hasty but perhaps also the CPP is being greedy – what other Philippines’ leader has granted them so much (as laid out in the article) including moving away from the US? Duterte has a right to believe that the communists had taken but given nothing whatever in return.
Hi there!
I’m the author. You’re right. People probably don’t need “reminder”. A more correct term would be “people were primed with …” But priming is quite a technical term and many may be unfamiliar with it (see an excellent article by Chong and Druckman on difference between priming and framing). That’s why i use the term “reminded”.
The idea is the same. It’s to make a particular characteristic of Ahok (either his ethnicity, religion, or combination thereof) more salient than the other. If a particular characteristic is more salient, and if we find a difference in the level of support,between that group and the control group, then the experimental design allows us to infer that that difference is driven by the more salient characteristic.
Given how well-known Ahok is and how widely circulated various racial and religious discourses against him are, I find it hard to imagine that people need any reminder of any of the components in the questions for different groups. Surely everyone know about his status as a Protestant, Chinese Indonesian, blasphemy suspect, and the conservative interpretation of Al Maidah 51 very well by now?
A Myanmar court has sentenced a Rohingya Muslim man to death while no one has yet been held to account for more than 1000 documented atrocities, including the slaughter of babies, against other Rohingya in the country’s western RakhineState.
“His verbal gaffe…”
A good article, but couldn’t help but pause at that quote. as his “gaffe” was misquoted and blown out of all proportion. A guilty verdict will validatehis statement, regardless of whether ethnicity is a greater influence on Jakartans than religion.
Good old fashioned on-the-spot reporting! Well done.
The crowds were similar in size to the PKI extravaganzas of 1965, with the FPI even wishing to use the “Long March” theme, which China suggested first to the PKI for May 1965, which was meant to be a prelude to a takeover.
I suspect that wasn’t the question. The question was is the United States lucid enough to see these atrocities as abominable crime against not just humanity but of nature. Then again it was a rhetorical question, because the US is incapable. Including the author.
I wish you were right but I think you are not. I’ve been waiting for some sign that Thais in general will shake off their usual apathy and aversion to matters of principle sufficient to do something serious about Prayuth and his cronies, many of whom deserve top be behind bars or in front ot a noose or firing party for their crimes as serving soldiers. Sorry to be strident but for the life of me I cannot understand why these people have been allowed to get away with what they have brought to Thailand’s door The Thai armed forces (including but not exclusively Prayuth and Prawit) and police are both raping Thailand each and every day they are allowed to remain in positions of power, and nobody seems to give a damn except the foreigners in Thailand, many of whom appear to be no more than barflies.
Alas I have been disappointed thus far, though I have noted that Thais seem much less happy than they used to appear, which, together with an increasing collapse of law and order may yet trigger some reaction I really do fear though, that if they leave it too long, a civil war, or at least some serious bloodshed will become pretty much inevitable.
Things to watch for (among others) this year are Pai – the student about to be imprisoned for sharing a BBC article which was shared by thousands of others without problem, and the Yingluck farce. If the new King does not quash the former (and/or the latter), then there will be little doubt as to where his support is and what should happen to him as a result.
It would have made sense for William H. Sullivan, or any other young, ambitious State Department officer, to get to know Averell Harriman well. He was a wealthy patrician-cum-diplomat of a kind that can’t be found in US embassies around the world these days. He was ambassador in Moscow from 1943, where he oversaw the remarkable analyses of Soviet policy that George Kennan undertook. He also attended various Big Three meetings of FDR, Stalin and Churchill, including Yalta.
If Sullivan tired of asking Harriman about those unforgettable experiences, he could have questioned him about what it was like to have an affair with Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law. Three decades later, Harriman made her ‘an honest woman’, when she graciously consented to become Pamela Harriman. Once dubbed ‘the courtesan of the century’, Pamela rivalled Madame de Pompadour in the number of her rich or powerful lovers. Pamela had such entree into the US elite that, when she died in Paris, Air Force One was despatched to transport her remains to America.
Sullivan himself was no wallflower. As ambassador to Iran, he once received a message from the Deputy National Security Advisor emanating from his boss, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Annoyed by the message, Sullivan responded with a common expletive meaning ‘leave me alone’. Reprimanded, he replied that he could translate his reply into Polish if necessary.
Would be interesting to read this book, not only for fresh historical insights (Kurlantzick has long proved brilliant at finding fresh research fields, in well-worn trails). But also for any background insights it may give into current LaoPDR-Thai tensions – eg. Prayut’s intimidation attempts against Red Shirt exiles in Lao. Looks like a must-read.
I suspect that the vendetta against Pai goes back to when he and some friends gave the 3-fingered salute from The Hunger Games in front of the very thin-skinned PM at a rally in Khon Kaen not long after he staged his coup.
Sorry, I also take issue with the “North Vietnamese” term, but the author sticks to it, and I was using it for simplicity’s sake. As per Sullivan and Harriman, that’s not really a major aspect of the book, but yes, a very interesting story!
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“There will be no peace in this land”
Perhaps President Duterte was a little hasty but perhaps also the CPP is being greedy – what other Philippines’ leader has granted them so much (as laid out in the article) including moving away from the US? Duterte has a right to believe that the communists had taken but given nothing whatever in return.
Ethnicity and Jakarta’s election
Hi there!
I’m the author. You’re right. People probably don’t need “reminder”. A more correct term would be “people were primed with …” But priming is quite a technical term and many may be unfamiliar with it (see an excellent article by Chong and Druckman on difference between priming and framing). That’s why i use the term “reminded”.
The idea is the same. It’s to make a particular characteristic of Ahok (either his ethnicity, religion, or combination thereof) more salient than the other. If a particular characteristic is more salient, and if we find a difference in the level of support,between that group and the control group, then the experimental design allows us to infer that that difference is driven by the more salient characteristic.
Ethnicity and Jakarta’s election
Given how well-known Ahok is and how widely circulated various racial and religious discourses against him are, I find it hard to imagine that people need any reminder of any of the components in the questions for different groups. Surely everyone know about his status as a Protestant, Chinese Indonesian, blasphemy suspect, and the conservative interpretation of Al Maidah 51 very well by now?
A must read on Myanmar
http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/716060/Burma-Uprising-2ed-web-2015.pdf
Decades of denial as Rohingya genocide continues
No and No
Decades of denial as Rohingya genocide continues
February 14 2017
A Myanmar court has sentenced a Rohingya Muslim man to death while no one has yet been held to account for more than 1000 documented atrocities, including the slaughter of babies, against other Rohingya in the country’s western RakhineState.
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/rohingya-sentenced-to-death-while-atrocities-continue-20170213-guc9ue.html
Religious warfare and the Jakarta election
“His verbal gaffe…”
A good article, but couldn’t help but pause at that quote. as his “gaffe” was misquoted and blown out of all proportion. A guilty verdict will validatehis statement, regardless of whether ethnicity is a greater influence on Jakartans than religion.
Prayer, peace and protest in Jakarta
We all know what happened to PKI after that… I hope it does not come to the same violence that happened back then.
Prayer, peace and protest in Jakarta
Good old fashioned on-the-spot reporting! Well done.
The crowds were similar in size to the PKI extravaganzas of 1965, with the FPI even wishing to use the “Long March” theme, which China suggested first to the PKI for May 1965, which was meant to be a prelude to a takeover.
A must read on Myanmar
I want to read this books. Please guide to read which website
Brewing anew in Burma
this is so cool.
Anlong Veng calling
Hi, Julia.
It is a nice piece. It should be extended as a journal article.
The head vs the heart in the case against Ahok
There is NO case against Ahok, unless your case is racism, intolerance and extremism. No more than that.
Lifting the shadows on a secret war
I suspect that wasn’t the question. The question was is the United States lucid enough to see these atrocities as abominable crime against not just humanity but of nature. Then again it was a rhetorical question, because the US is incapable. Including the author.
Loneliness and love under Thailand’s junta
I wish you were right but I think you are not. I’ve been waiting for some sign that Thais in general will shake off their usual apathy and aversion to matters of principle sufficient to do something serious about Prayuth and his cronies, many of whom deserve top be behind bars or in front ot a noose or firing party for their crimes as serving soldiers. Sorry to be strident but for the life of me I cannot understand why these people have been allowed to get away with what they have brought to Thailand’s door The Thai armed forces (including but not exclusively Prayuth and Prawit) and police are both raping Thailand each and every day they are allowed to remain in positions of power, and nobody seems to give a damn except the foreigners in Thailand, many of whom appear to be no more than barflies.
Alas I have been disappointed thus far, though I have noted that Thais seem much less happy than they used to appear, which, together with an increasing collapse of law and order may yet trigger some reaction I really do fear though, that if they leave it too long, a civil war, or at least some serious bloodshed will become pretty much inevitable.
Things to watch for (among others) this year are Pai – the student about to be imprisoned for sharing a BBC article which was shared by thousands of others without problem, and the Yingluck farce. If the new King does not quash the former (and/or the latter), then there will be little doubt as to where his support is and what should happen to him as a result.
No doubt time will tell.
Le-Fey
Lifting the shadows on a secret war
It would have made sense for William H. Sullivan, or any other young, ambitious State Department officer, to get to know Averell Harriman well. He was a wealthy patrician-cum-diplomat of a kind that can’t be found in US embassies around the world these days. He was ambassador in Moscow from 1943, where he oversaw the remarkable analyses of Soviet policy that George Kennan undertook. He also attended various Big Three meetings of FDR, Stalin and Churchill, including Yalta.
If Sullivan tired of asking Harriman about those unforgettable experiences, he could have questioned him about what it was like to have an affair with Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law. Three decades later, Harriman made her ‘an honest woman’, when she graciously consented to become Pamela Harriman. Once dubbed ‘the courtesan of the century’, Pamela rivalled Madame de Pompadour in the number of her rich or powerful lovers. Pamela had such entree into the US elite that, when she died in Paris, Air Force One was despatched to transport her remains to America.
Sullivan himself was no wallflower. As ambassador to Iran, he once received a message from the Deputy National Security Advisor emanating from his boss, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Annoyed by the message, Sullivan responded with a common expletive meaning ‘leave me alone’. Reprimanded, he replied that he could translate his reply into Polish if necessary.
Brunei’s stateless left in a state of confusion
We were born and raised in Brunei and decided to migrate to Canada when we were in our twenties for all the reasons stated above.
Lifting the shadows on a secret war
Would be interesting to read this book, not only for fresh historical insights (Kurlantzick has long proved brilliant at finding fresh research fields, in well-worn trails). But also for any background insights it may give into current LaoPDR-Thai tensions – eg. Prayut’s intimidation attempts against Red Shirt exiles in Lao. Looks like a must-read.
Loneliness and love under Thailand’s junta
I suspect that the vendetta against Pai goes back to when he and some friends gave the 3-fingered salute from The Hunger Games in front of the very thin-skinned PM at a rally in Khon Kaen not long after he staged his coup.
Lifting the shadows on a secret war
Sorry, I also take issue with the “North Vietnamese” term, but the author sticks to it, and I was using it for simplicity’s sake. As per Sullivan and Harriman, that’s not really a major aspect of the book, but yes, a very interesting story!