Anthu aku America, omwe akhumudwitsidwa kale ndi zoopsa za Seputembara 11, amachenjezedwa nthawi ndi nthawi kuti mchitidwe wina wotere uli m'njira. Machenjezo omveka, ozikidwa pa chidziลตitso chenicheni, ndi ofunikira ndi kuyamikiridwa. Koma pali chiwongola dzanja pakukweza ma alarm osatha a ziwopsezo zomwe zikubwera kuchitetezo cha dziko zomwe sizichitika kapena zosamveka bwino kuti zikhale zopanda ntchito mwanjira iliyonse.
Talandira machenjezo osalekeza a zochita zina za Al Qaeda. Amabwera nthawi ndi nthawi kuchokera kwa Purezidenti, Attorney General Ashcroft, Director of Homeland Security, ndi FBI. 4, kapena chifukwa cha kuwonjezereka kwadzidzidzi kwa mauthenga olandidwa popanda kufotokoza zomwe zinalankhulidwa ndi ndani za chiyani.
Zonse zomwe zakhala zikupangitsa kuti akuluakulu apolisi m'dziko muno, ma sherifu, ndi mabungwe ena anene kwanthawizonse kuti, "Tili kale 'tcheru' ndiye tichitenso chiyani tsopano? Nanga zinthu zoipazo ziyenera kuchitika kuti komanso liti?โ
Izi zikutikumbutsa chenjezo la Chicken Little loti โKuthambo kukugwa!โ kapena mwana wamng'ono akulira kosatha "Wolf!" Koma Chicken Little ayenera kuti adayendayenda mugulu la nkhuku zotopetsa komanso "Wolf!" mnyamata anataya omvera ake.
Koma khola lathu la nkhuku likugwedezekabe ndi ziwawa zakale. Anthu ambiri asiya kuwuluka, kapena asiya kuyendera malo okonda dziko lawo, ndipo aliyense akudziwa kuti โchinachakeโ chingachitike โkuna kwake.โ Kungakhale kupusa kuganiza kuti Al Qaeda kapena gulu lina lachinsinsi lomwe lili ndi nkhanza ku United States, likhoza kukonzekera kuwononga moyo ndi miyendo. Iwo adachitapo kale ndipo mwanjira ina akunena kuti adzachitanso.
Koma pali zoopsa zamtundu wina kuchokera ku ma alarm ambiri ofulumira opanda chidziwitso. Kukhwima kwenikweni kwa kuwonongeka kwa chitetezo cha anthu kunanenedwa zaka zapitazo ndi akatswiri a zamaganizo, Gordon Allport ndi Leo Postman.
Allport ndi Postman adaphunzira za zipolowe ndi chipwirikiti cha anthu potengera mantha enieni koma chidziwitso chosadziwika bwino. Iwo anachepetsa maphunziro awo ku kapangidwe kake: Kuchuluka kwa nkhawa za anthu komanso kuchulukirachulukira kwa chidziwitso chodalirika chosakwanira, mpata wochuluka wa mantha ndi mantha.
Zomwe zidawotchedwa kale m'makumbukiro amasiku ano aku America ndi zithunzi zowopsa za World Trade Centers zomwe zikusowa pamaso pathu, kuwukira kwa ndege ku Pentagon komwe kudadzetsa imfa ndi chiwonongeko, ndi ndege yomwe idagwa ku Pennsylvania pomwe gulu lopanduka la okwera adalimbana ndikupereka. miyoyo yawo pamene ndege yobedwa yomwe inagwayo inalephera kufika chilichonse chimene chinkafuna.
Anthu aku America sadzayiwala zochitika zimenezo. Ndiponso sadzalephera kuwatsitsimutsanso bwino lomwe pamene akuluakulu aboma akuchenjeza za mtundu wina wa kubwerezabwereza. Chifukwa chake gawo loyamba la lingaliro la Allport-Postman lili kale
kumeneko: nkhawa kwambiri pagulu.
Koma chifukwa chakuti dzikoli limachenjezedwa nthaลตi zonse kuti likhale โtcheruโ popanda mfundo zothandiza (Khalani Atcheru! Tsoka Likhoza Kukantha Kulikonse Nthawi Iliyonse!โ) Mbali yachiลตiri ya chiphunzitsocho iliponso: kusakhalapo kwa chidziลตitso cholondola ndi chodalirika.
Chifukwa chake, tili ndi dongosolo ladziko lonse la mantha ndi hysteria. Izinso zachitika. Attorney General Ashcroft amanga ndi kusunga anthu mazanamazana osadziwika, ena mwa iwo ndi nzika zaku America,
ena okhazikika mwalamulo okhazikika, osaganiziridwa pamaso pa September 11. Mawindo aphwanyidwa ndipo mabomba amoto adaponyedwa m'mabungwe a anthu osalakwa amtundu wa Amereka omwe amawoneka ngati achifwamba achiwawa kuti agwirizane ndi fuko la olanda Al Qaeda. Pakhala kuphana.
Machitidwe otenthedwa ndi kuwononga ndi kutukwana akhala akuchitidwa kwa anthu ndi mabanja omwe anthu ena a ku America osadziwa amawaona ngati aku Palestina. Mitsempha ya taut yafalikira mpaka kumasukulu komwe kunachitika mikangano ya pro-Israel ndi pro-Palestine. Kusazindikira kwachiwembu kwa ophwanya mazenera kumakhudza tonsefe, ngati popanda chifukwa china chomwe chimaphwanya mazenera ambiri a ku America "akuwoneka achilendo."
Norman Solomon wasonyeza kuti nkhani za US mobwerezabwereza zimatchula za nkhondo yaikulu ya Israeli ku Palestine ndi kuwononga madera onse, ndi zikwi za amuna, akazi ndi ana omwe anaphedwa ndi kuvulazidwa mu zinyalala, monga "kubwezera" kwa Israeli chifukwa cha mabomba omwe amadzipha a Palestina. ndi malo ena opezeka anthu ambiri omwe apha anthu ambiri.
Koma kamodzi kokha pamene Solomo adapeza kuti mauthenga athu amagwiritsira ntchito mawu oti "kubwezera" kufotokoza mabomba odzipha a Palestina chifukwa cha kuukira kwakukulu kwa Israeli ku Palestine, kulanda malo abwino kwambiri, madzi ndi magetsi ku Palestina, kumanga midzi yachiyuda pa katundu wa Palestina ndi kuwateteza. ndi gulu lankhondo lakupha lomwe lili ndi misewu yankhondo yaku Israeli yaku Palestine yomwe, pamodzi ndi nthawi yayitali komanso yobwerezabwereza yanthawi yayitali ya mizinda ya Palestine, yafooketsa gulu lachi Muslim, zidawombera ma ambulansi ake ndikuyambitsa kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi mwa ana ena aku Palestina.
Ngakhalenso sizikuwoneka kuti zidachitika kwa Sharon ndi omutsatira ake kuti pomwe Israeli adapha komanso kuwononga anthu aku Palestine, ndipamenenso achinyamata aku Palestine adziwombera m'malo odyera ku Tel Aviv zomwe zikuwonetsa kubwezera zomwe Israeli adachita kudziko lawo. Kuyankha kwa mbali imodzi ya White House komanso nkhani zambiri zazikuluzikulu zakhala zikukakamiza anthu onse aku America omwe ndi Asilamu kapena ochokera ku Arab kapena ku Middle East.
Kusalinganika kwamtunduwu komanso kuchepa kwa chidziwitso chokwanira komanso cholondola pamawu akulu atolankhani aku America kwawonjezera mwayi wa kugwedezeka kwa America komanso mantha. Zomwezo sizili choncho ku Ulaya ndi kwina kulikonse chifukwa nkhani zonse ndi mawu ovomerezeka a atsogoleri a ku Ulaya zakhala zodetsa nkhawa komanso zosamveka bwino podzudzula mbali imodzi.
Koma chizindikiro chachikulu cha kuyankha mwachidwi, ndithudi, ndikukonzekera kwa Purezidenti Bush kuti apereke United States ku nkhondo ndi Iraq. Izi sizochita zachiwawa, koma zikuwonetsa malingaliro a Allport-Postman: ndi kuthandizira kwake kosalekeza kwa chiwonongeko ndi kupha kwa Prime Minister Sharon ku Palestine monga kofunika "chitetezo" cha Israeli, motero kulimbikitsa ziwawa zapadziko lonse ku Middle East. yadzutsa mikangano pagulu mokwanira kuti ipereke mwayi pankhondo (kapena, Sharon-ngati, "chitetezo") motsutsana ndi Sadam Hussein ndi dziko la Iraq.
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti Sadam Hussein ndi woyera monga momwe Yassir Arafat ali woyera. Koma zikutanthawuza kuti White House ndi chikhalidwe cha nkhani zoyambira zaku America ku Middle East zadzetsa mikangano yapagulu pomwe zidziwitso zodalirika komanso zenizeni zikusoweka kapena zochepa zomwe zilipo pawailesi yakanema zimasokonekera polankhula za ziwopsezo komanso zowopsa. nkhondo yochokera ku utsogoleri ku Washington.
Palibe chomwe chikanachulukitsa zotsatira zoyipa za chiphunzitso cha Allport-Postman kuposa dongosolo la White House lopanga gulu la akazitape m'dera lililonse ndi nyumba m'dzikolo. Otchedwa TIPS for Terrorism Information and Prevention System idzakonza oyendetsa magalimoto, oyendetsa mabasi, ogwira ntchito pamadoko, owerengera mita, onyamula makalata ndi ena akuyembekezeka kufotokoza "zochitika zokayikitsa" zomwe awona. Ngakhale tsogolo la pulogalamuyo silikudziwika bwino, malingaliro ake a akuluakulu aboma lathu akuwonetsa umbuli kapena zoyipa zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu:
Ku East Germany ya Chikomyunizimu, anthu amadziwitsa akazi awo, kapena anzawo apamtima, kapena wamalonda wakumaloko, ndi wina aliyense kuti asunge zabwino za apolisi achinsinsi. Iwo anachita izo chifukwa, ndani akudziwa? Mwina okwatiranawo adawachitira zomwezo mwachinsinsi, kapena bwenzi lawo lapamtima, kapena wogulitsa pakona chifukwa nawonso, adafunitsitsa kuwonedwa ngati ochezeka ndi apolisi achinsinsi. Chotsatira chake chinali chitaganya chovunda, chosagwira ntchito chimene chinagwera pansi pa kuipa kwake pamene Soviet anagwa.
Kapena a KGB akale a ku Soviet Union kumene anthu mamiliyoni ambiri anamangidwa kapena kusowa chifukwa chakuti dzikolo linkayendetsedwa ndi anthu osagwirizana ndi malamulo kapena ufulu waumunthu.
Kapena "zinasowa" Chile ndi Argentina, mothandizidwa ndi maboma aku Washington.
Kapena mazana masauzande osawerengeka a Asilamu omwe anaphedwa ku East Timor, mothandizidwanso ndi United States.
Monga momwe makampani osalamuliridwa ndi ankhanza "kudalirana kwapadziko lonse" kumapangitsa anthu mabiliyoni a anthu osaloledwa ndi osauka padziko lapansi, kodi sipadzakhala nthawi yomwe mtsogoleri wachikoka wokhala ndi zolinga zazikulu komanso wankhanza kwambiri kuposa Ibn bin Laden kukonza mkwiyo wapadziko lapansi motsutsana ndi United States?
Zowopsya zonse zabwera chifukwa chodyera masuku pamutu mantha a munthu aliyense pa โmnzake,โ tanthawuzo la โmnzakeโ kufikira kwa atsogoleri andale opondereza otetezera mphamvu zawo.
Kodi palibe aliyense mu Bush Administration yemwe amawerenga mbiri? Kapena George Orwell?
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