本文音频及原文摘自杂志The Economist 2016年第37期，Asia版块。

The wit and wisdom of Rodrigo Duterte

Fuck diplomacy!

Sep 10th 2016

THIS week Rodrigo Duterte[1], the tough-guy president of the Philippines, was asked how he would react if Barack Obama criticised the crackdown on drugs he has instigated[2], in which the police have killed 1,000 people and unknown assailants another 1,400. Mr Duterte said he would call Mr Obama a “son of a whore[“妓女的儿子”]” and then expressed regret, through a spokesman, that Mr Obama somehow took the phrase as an insult. (Mr Obama called Mr Duterte “a colourful guy” and cancelled their planned meeting.) To be fair, Mr Duterte was speaking about Mr Obama in exactly the same way he does about everything else. Here are a few of his memorable pronouncements:

On being stuck in a traffic jam during a papal visit to Manila[教皇访问马尼拉]:

“Pope, son of a whore, go home. Don’t visit any more.”

On Singapore’s execution of a Filipina maid[菲佣]:

“Fuck you…You are a garrison pretending to be a country.”

In response to a question about human-rights abuses:

“Fuck you, UN, you can’t even solve the Middle East carnage[中东大屠杀]…shut up all of you.”

On the killing of a Filipino journalist:

“Just because you’re a journalist, you are not exempted from[免除;豁免] assassination if you’re a son of a bitch.”

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[1]Rodrigo Duterte 罗德里格·杜特尔特 2016年5月9日，杜特尔特当选为菲律宾新一届总统。

[2]instigate ['ɪnstɪgeɪt]

to cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin 促使发生；发起

The government will instigate new measures to combat terrorism.

政府将采取新措施打击恐怖主义。

The revolt in the north is believed to have been instigated by a high-ranking general.

北方的叛乱据信是由一名高级将领唆使的。

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