Zithunzi za Fort Hood. Polemba izi, 13 adamwalira, 31 adavulala pamalo ankhondo aku Texas.
Mwangozi, magazini ya New Yorker sabata ino ili ndi nkhani ya Jill Lepore yotchedwa "Mapepala a Rap," anakwiya kwambiri, "N'chifukwa chiyani mbiri yakale ya ku America ndi yakupha kwambiri?" Chithunzi cha mfuti - cholozedwera kwa owerenga - chogwidwa m'manja ndi chododometsa, "Kupha anthu kungakhale ndi mbali ya ndale."
Mayi?
Lepore, wolemba mabuku ku New Yorker komanso pulofesa wa mbiri yakale ku US ku Harvard komanso wapampando wa Harvard's History and Literature Program, anamaliza kunena mawu omveka bwino a umbuli wadala: "Kuphana kuli ndi mbiri yakale, koma sikumalimbikitsa nthawi zonse, ndipo nthawi zina mbiri ya anthu. upandu ndi chilango zili ndi zofanana."
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Lepore akuyamikira ntchito ya Pulofesa wa Ohio State Randolph Roth, yemwe buku lake lakuti "American Homicide" "limapereka kafukufuku wambiri wokhudza kupha anthu, pamodzi, komanso m'kupita kwa nthawi. Zotsutsana za Roth ndi zosokoneza kwambiri. Njira yakupha yaku America. Ndi mtengo wandale zathu."
[Roth akuti,] "Ziwerengero zikuwonetsa momveka bwino kuti m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri, ziwopsezo za kuphana zatsika panthawi ya purezidenti omwe adalimbikitsa osauka kapena alamulira kuchokera pakati ndi udindo wodziwika, ndipo adakwera panthawi ya malamulo. apurezidenti omwe ankatsogolera mavuto a ndale ndi azachuma, ankagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo molakwika, kapenanso kumenya nawo nkhondo zimene anthu ambiri sasangalala nazo.โ
Kuchokera apa, Lepore akumaliza kuti: "Chiลตerengero cha kupha anthu chikuwoneka kuti chikugwirizana ndi zivomerezo za Purezidenti."
Chivomerezo cha Purezidenti sichinakhalepo nthawi yayitali. M'malo mwake, mawu operekedwawo akuwonetsa kuti kuphana kumagwirizana ndi kuchuluka kwa nkhanza za anthu.
Lepore amatseka nkhaniyi:
"Chiyembekezo cha imfa sichinalepheretse Barnett Davenport, wakupha wa ku Connecticut yemwe anapachikidwa mu 1780, ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi. ... Kenako, anatsegula bokosi la ndalama la banjalo n'kutengamo mulu wa mabiliyoni ndi makobidi angapo, kenako anatentha nyumbayo n'kusiya ana ena aลตiri, wazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, wazaka XNUMX ndi XNUMX. Iye anagwidwa. , ndipo anapachikidwa mofulumira.โ Mโkuvomereza kwake, iye anakumbukira kuti Kalebe Mallery anali atafuula pakati pa mikwapuloyo, โNdiuze chimene ukuchita icho!โ Mbiri silembapo yankho la wakuphayo.
Ndalama zomwe wakupha adatenga zinali pambali pake? Monga tikuyenera kumvetsetsa kuti chuma cha zitsime zamafuta ndi njira zamapaipi amafuta zili pambali pa kupha kwa US ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan? Ndi ana angati ndi mabanja, maukwati, omwe US โโAir Force yaphulitsa mu Oila wamkulu? "Ndiuze chomwe ukuchita!"
Mchitidwe wakupha ukufalikira padziko lonse lapansi, kumlingo waukulu ndi "kufanana koopsa" komwe kumadziwika kwambiri. Noam Chomsky zolemba (zowonjezera zawonjezeredwa):
"Zomwe zikuchitika panopa ku South America ndizofunika kwambiri kwa kontinenti ndi anthu ake. ) ) ) ) )) ) )))))) Mfundo zakunja zaku US, kuyambira m'masiku oyambirira a Republic. United States ndipo, ndikuganiza, dziko lokhalo lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ngati "ufumu woyambilira," malinga ndi mawu a George Washington. Thomas Jefferson, yemwe anali womasuka kwambiri pagulu la Founding Fathers, ananeneratu kuti madera omasulidwa kumene adzachititsa kuti anthu azikhalidwe โndi zilombo za mโnkhalango kulowa mโmapiri a Stony,โ ndipo dzikolo โlidzakhala lopanda chilema kapena kusakanizika,โ lofiira. kapena wakuda (ndipo kubwerera kwa akapolo ku Africa ukapolo utatha). Ndiponso, โchidzakhala chisa, kumene Amereka onse, Kumpoto ndi Kumwera, adzakhala anthu,โ osachotsamo anthu ofiira okha komanso anthu a ku Latin America.
"Zokhumba izi sizinakwaniritsidwe, koma kulamulira Latin America kumakhalabe cholinga chachikulu cha ndondomeko, makamaka pazachuma ndi misika, komanso pazifukwa zokulirapo za malingaliro ndi geostrategic. Ngati sangathe kulamulira Latin America, singayembekeze kuti sitingathe kulamulira Latin America. Khonsolo yamtundu wa dziko lonse lapansi, "Council Yachitetezo a Naxon's Society ya National anamaliza mu 1971 poganizira kufunika kowononga demokalase ya Chile cha Chile. Chinali chiwopsezo cha dziko lochita bwino la sosholisti ku Chile chimene chingapereke chitsanzo kwa mayiko ena zimene zinachititsa kuti anthu avutike ndi kutsutsa dziko la America,โ makamaka kutenga nawo mbali pokhazikitsa ndi kusunga ulamuliro wauchigawenga. Henry Kissinger anachenjeza kuti kupambana kwa sosholizimu ya demokalase Chile ikhoza kuyambiranso kumwera kwa Ulaya - osati chifukwa magulu ankhondo aku Chile abwera ku Madrid ndi cha Chile Chile koma chifukwa chakuti kupambana kungathe kulimbikitsa magulu odziwika kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo pogwiritsa ntchito demokalase ya aphungu, imene imaonedwa kuti ndi yofunika kwambiri Kumadzulo. ndi kusungitsa zofunika kwambiri."
Ponena za mbiri ya Harvard prof/New Yorker wolemba antchito Lepore, wina amaganiza za George Orwell akulemba mu The Lion and the Unicorn:
"Kumeneko anakhala, pakati pa ufumu waukulu ndi mgwirizano wachuma padziko lonse lapansi, kukopa chiwongoladzanja ndi phindu ndikuwononga - pa chiyani? Gulu lolamulira la Britain mwachiwonekere silikanatha kuvomereza kuti phindu lawo linali pa mapeto. pakuti sikunali kotheka kuti iwo adzisandule okha kukhala achifwamba, monga mamiliyoneya a ku America, akumamatira mwachisawawa mwayi wawo ndi kugonjetsa chitsutso ndi ziphuphu ndi mabomba a utsi wokhetsa misozi. kalasi la miyambo inayake, iwo anali ku sukulu za boma kumene udindo wa kufera dziko lanu, ngati n'koyenera, waikidwa monga woyamba ndi waukulu wa Malamulo. Anthu a m'dziko lawo. Mwachionekere anathawira kumodzi kokha - kupita ku utsiru."
Kwa gulu lolamulira ku US, kukhazikitsidwa komwe kulipo, njira yokhayo yopulumukira kuchokera pakati komanso kumvetsetsa kofunikira pakupha ku US ndi kupusa, kapena malingaliro omwe alipo. Kotero olemba awa, akonzi awa, osindikiza awa ndi nkhani zawo zodandaula, akuchonderera mosazindikira pofunsa kuti, N'chifukwa chiyani ndife akupha chonchi? Ndipo poyankha momasuka, Ife sitingathe kudziwa.
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