Blown by the bluster

17:01 Apr 25, 2013 

Zasad stojim ovako: ...odnosi mogu preokrenuti hirovito, ovisno u kojem pravcu vjetar tjera buku medijskog populizma.
Ipak mi se čini da je vaš prijevod bolji, pa bih vas zamolio da postavite odgovor (ako možete formulirati)

16:13 Apr 25, 2013 

Evo jedna gruba skica:

"Kako ne postoji balast poznavanja stvarnog stanja (stvarnog uzajamnog poznavanja?), posledica je da se odnosi (između Australije i Indonezije) mogu preokrenuti na mah / vrlo hirovito, ovisno od toga u kom pravcu pušu naleti vetrova populizma (demagogije?) u medijima.

Drugim rečima "Ako se ne opterećujete stvarnim činjenicama, lako je promeniti stav na osnovu trenutne medija histerije"

ili:

"ovakvo odsustvo balasta - tj. odsustvo poznavanja stvarnog stanja, ima za posledicu da se odnosi (između Australije i Indonezije) mogu preokrenuti na mah / vrlo hirovito, ovisno od toga u kom pravcu pušu naleti vetrova populizma (demagogije?) u medijima.

15:43 Apr 25, 2013 

I understand the meaning, but how to translate it?

14:51 Apr 25, 2013 

[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmalaysia/message/47440]

"The violent mood swing in popular Australian attitudes to Indonesia,
from sweetness in December to bitterness in June, does not mean that
either is false.

Both are be genuinely held, but neither is guided by knowledge or
comprehension.

The extreme mood change is only possible because of the lack of
understanding and trust in the relationship. As former foreign
minister Gareth Evans once observed, no two neighbours anywhere on
earth are more different from each other.

This lack of the ballast of real knowledge means that relations can
swing so skittishly, blown by the bluster of media populism.

It is emblematic of the mutual ignorance and suspicion in the
relationship that what appears to be the first biological terrorist
attack on Australian soil should be aimed at the official
representation of Jakarta.

One of the first casualties is likely to be the prisoner exchange
agreement that Australia is trying to negotiate with Jakarta. Any such
deal would need to be ratified by the Indonesian parliament.

But the chances of Indonesian political opinion being sympathetic to
any such deal now appear remote. ... "