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My
wandixokisa umama. Wandixelela ndiseyinkwenkwe, ukuze ndithomalalise uloyiko lwam kwi
ngokuchaseneyo, ukuba kwakungekho zinto zinje ngeevampires; ukuba kwakungekho, ngaphakathi
ubomi benene, abo bakhanukela igazi lomntu wabaqhubela ngalo lonke ixesha lokuvuka kwabo. Kwaye
ibibubuxoki obu.
I
yazini ke ngoku, ngokuba mvanje bendibabona ezindaweni zonke; hayi
zemveli "undead" ezinxulumene Anne Rice iinoveli, kodwa
bonke-kakhulu-abantu vampires abalandela imeko yam, kwaye baceba ukusungula uthotho
ukubulawa kwabantu njengoko ndibhala oku: isibetho esiya kubandakanya ukubulawa kwamadoda angama-95.
kunye nabasetyhini kuluhlu lokufa lwaseTennessee ngendlela yento ebizwa ngokuba, ngokufanelekileyo
Amagama e-Orwellian: "ungenelelo lonyango lwe-intravenous."
emva
ikhefu leminyaka engamashumi amane ngelo xesha iTennessee yasilela ukwenza enye
isigwebo sokufa, ii-vampires ekugqibeleni zabanga ixhoba labo lokuqala, kwaye akunakwenzeka
linda utsale igazi kwakhona. Ukubulawa kuka-Aprili kukaRobert Glen Coe, ekwakufuneka enze njalo
wondla amayeza alishumi elinesithandathu ahlukeneyo engqondo ukuze amnike ingqondo ngokwaneleyo kurhulumente
ukubulala, kubomeleze; ndaguqula abaninzi bayinto endingakwaziyo ukuyenza
qaphela, kwaye okwangoku, unokuqonda konke ngokucacileyo: kwaye yeyona nto
into eyoyikisayo kubo bonke. Kuba kuzo ndibona kwaye ndive imbonakalo yempindezelo kwaye
amazwi abantu endihlala naboโuninzi lwabo abantu abanesidimaโababoyika kakhulu
ulwaphulo-mthetho nogonyamelo, yaye banqwenela ngamandla ukwenza inkohliso yokhuseleko, banalo
baguqukela kugonyamelo, kwaye le nkqubo iye yabangela ukuba abaninzi babo babe
elilingana nabantwana kwivenkile yeelekese.
We
baxelelwa abo bafuna ukuvuselela umatshini wokubulala ukuba abo bakuluhlu lokufa
zizilo ezifanelwe kukufa ngenxa yenkohlakalo yazo. Kwaye ngokwenene, abanye phakathi kwabo
abagwetyiweyo benze izenzo zenkohlakalo, ekungafanelanga ukuba bazenze
uhlale unentliziyo.
kodwa
Umbuzo awuzange ube, "ngaba ababulali bafanelwe kukufa," kodwa kunoko,
ngaba urhulumente ufanelwe ukubulala: umbuzo owahlukileyo, ofuna owahlukileyo
ingxoxo. Kuba ukuba siyakholelwa ukuba ezi "zilo" zazicinga kancinci
amaxhoba abo ukuba babaphatha njengenkunkuma elahlwayo, ngoko ke indlela isigqebelo
ukuba siyayivuma le ngqondo yokulahlwa komntu, siyinike ilizwi kwaye
isohlwayo sikarhulumente; ukuba siyakuphinda loo mvakalelo, kwaye sifune ukuyithabatha
ngaphandle koko kubizwa ngokuba "yinkunkuma" ngale ndlela iqhelekileyo kakhulu.
Kwaye konke ukubonisa indlela esibuhlonela ngayo ubomi bomntu, nto leyo eyenza ingqiqo
ukweba stereo kumfo othatha imoto yakho, nje ukubonisa ukuba singakanani
hlonipha ipropati yomntu.
Yiyo
silusizi ukuba sifike kweli nqanaba; kwaye eyona nto ibuhlungu kukuba siye sakwenza oko ngokuxoka
ngokwethu malunga nokulungileyo esi senzo ekucingelwa ukuba siyakwenza kwiintsapho zamaxhoba.
Ukudlula esihogweni esingenakucingelwa nakubani na ongazange aphulukane nesithandwa sakhe
isenzo sobundlobongela esingenangqiqo, aba bantu babonakala bekholelwa-enye ucinga ukuba bayakholelwa
phantse kufuneka bakholelwe-ukuba uxolo luya kuhlela phezu kwabo njengeengubo ezifudumeleyo
emva kokuba umntwana okanye umbulali weqabane lakhe ethathiwe emhlabeni. Kodwa ayiyonyani,
kwaye nangona iiVampires ezimele urhulumente zinokusixelela ntoni, ndicinga ukuba thina
yazi.
Pha
alize livalwe iintsapho zamaxhoba okubulala. Nababathandayo babenjalo
zixabisekile ekuphulukaneni nazo ngokuphela kobomi bomnye. Ukuya
kuthetha ukuba ngenye indlela kukuthoba ukubaluleka kobomi bamaxhoba. Kuku
kuthetha ukuba ukuziphindezela kunokuyiphelisa intlungu yokuphulukana nomntu onjalo
enentsingiselo; ukuba umngxuma oshiywe kwintliziyo edibeneyo yosapho ngokubulala ingaba
ezaliswe ngandlelโ ithile sesinye isidumbu.
kodwa
izidumbu ezintsha zifuna imingxuma emitsha; kwaye kule meko imingxunya emitsha iya kuba yileyo
idalwe kwiintsapho ezimsulwa ngakumbi: ezizezi, ezo zabagwetyiweyo. Emva kwe
ukubulawa, baziva uhlobo olufanayo lwelahleko njengeentsapho zabo babathandayo
ababuleweyo, kwaye abamkeli nesinye esishumini uvelwano ngenxa yentlungu yabo
umva kwaye oomama nootata nabantwana babo babuleweyo baya kuhlala
bazive ilahleko efanayo ababesoloko beyiva; kwaye kuya kubakho ukungcola okuphindwe kabini
njengangaphambili, kunye neentlungu ezingaphezulu, kwaye hayi kancinci ukhuseleko ebantwini
yaseTennessee, okanye naliphi na ilizwe elibandakanyekayo kule nkqubo.
I
sicinga ukuba siyakwazi oku nathi: ukuba ayithethi ngokhuseleko, okanye ukuzalisa ubuze obushiyekileyo
ukufelwa ngumntu omthandayo. Siyazi ukuba imalunga nokubuyisela, kwaye emazantsi siyaqonda
kukho into engalunganga kuloo nto njengenkuthazo yesenzo somntu. Ngoko siyazama
ukufumana umgama omninzi kangangoko phakathi kwethu kunye nenkqubo yokubulala. Thina
sijongela phantsi umntu esifuna ukumbulala, ukuze senze kube nokwenzeka ngathi
mbulale: kuba ukuba siyazivumela ukuba sizibone njengamandla ethu
bazalwana, oodade, okanye abantwana, sisenokwenza imilwelwe ngokuzenzekela
ukutshiswa kwesazela, aze angabi nako ukuyenza le nto.
So
uninzi lwamazwe lubulala ezinzulwini zobusuku, xa wonke umntu elele, ephupha
amaphupha amnandi, engaphazanyiswa yinto eqhubekayo ngemali yabo nakwizinto zabo
amagama. Basenokufunda ngako emva kokuba kwenzekile, kumaphephandaba, apho iya kufunda khona
thatha imvakalelo ekhawulezileyo yembali yoovimba, ngokuchaseneyo nento enokuthi ivakale
ngathi ezi zinto zenziwa ezinzulwini zobusuku, ngexesha lesidlo sasemini, ukuze abantu abaxakekileyo basebenze
kusenokufuneka ijongane nenyaniso eyoyikekayo phezu kwaloo ndebe yesithathu ebandayo yekofu, leyo
isangweji endala kumatshini wokuthengisa weofisi, okanye inkqubo yabo ye-imeyile yemihla ngemihla.
kwaye
e Tennessee sawisa umthetho ukugcina isazisi umenzi
imfihlo, ngokungathi kukho into yokuba neentloni kule nkqubo. Kodwa kutheni
sineentloni, ukuba, njengoko sixelelwa ukuba eli lishishini elibekeke kangaka esikulo
utshatile? Omnye unokucinga ukuba siza kubamba imiboniso yemisebenzi yesikhundla
umbulali, kwaye abantu baya kuba bewela phezu kwabo ukuze bafumane onjalo
gig ehloniphekileyo kwaye ebalulekileyo, kwaye uyibeke phezulu phindela zabo xa
bayifumene. Kodwa hayi, siyayigcina iyimfihlo, kuba emazantsi ezantsi, siyazi ukuba ikho
kukho into engalunganga apha.
hayi
apha nje, e Tennessee, kodwa kwenye indawo kakhulu: kwiindawo ezifana Idaho and Utah, leyo
basasebenzisa iqela lokudubula: abafana abahlanu abanemipu, enye yazo idubula izithuba ezingenanto
njengokunika ngamnye kwabahlanu ukukhanyela okusengqiqweni kokucinga ukuba mhlawumbi
abazange babulale mntu ngokwenene. โMhlawumbi yayingabadubuli omnye ukuya kwabane
ngubani owayeneembumbulu,โ isebeza indoda yesihlanu njengoko ihleli ekhaya isela ibhiya
emva kokuba kwenziwe isenzo, โngelixesha ndandidubula. Kwaye ngoku ndiyakwazi
phumla ngcono ebusuku."
kodwa
yini na ukuba nikhathazeke, ukuba ibiyeyobunene into awayeyihlanganyele? Ngokucacileyo, sigcina i
umpu ongenanto kuba uvumela amathandabuzo, kwaye amathandabuzo aloyisa ubutyala, kwaye sikuthiyile
uzive unetyala.
Ukugcina
ubumsulwa bethu kuyo yonke le nkqubo yinto esiyithatha nzulu kakhulu: ke,
imfuneko yokuthobโ isidima kwabo bagwetyiweyo. Oku akuzange kucace kum kunayo
yaba emva kwexesha lokuqala ndindwendwela umgca wokufa eTennessee.
Pha
kwakukho umlindi apho phakathi kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amabini, owayenexesha elifutshane kuluhlu
akwanelanga ukumjika abe ngomnye weentlobo ezingenamvakalelo, ezikhohlakeleyo esihlala siziva
malunga. Kodwa wayesebenza kuyo: esebenza nzima ukuba abe ngqwabalala, kwaye abe ngqwabalala, kwaye
esebenza ngokusesikweni njengaye nawaphi na amahlakani akhe amadala.
Sekunjalo,
lifutshane ekuhambeni kwexesha, ekuphela kwendlela awayenokuphumeza ngayo okuโenye
ukrokrela ukuba yeyona ndlela yodwa nabani na ebenokuthi-ibikukuzisusa ngengqondo kuyo
ukundiliseka kwenkqubo awayebandakanyeke kuyo; ukususa izityholo zakhe
isangqa esiqhelekileyo soluntu ayinxalenye yalo.
Yiyo
into eyoyikekayo ukubukela umntu esenza oku: ukutsiba imbono kunye neemvakalelo
imisantsa eyimfuneko ukuze uzikhwebule kubomi babanye ngokulula. Kodwa
nantso ke. Kwaye kwasoyikeka ubungqina: indoda ichaza ngamphefumlo mnye
yintoni igcisa elikhulu omnye wabafana emgceni, kwaye ubhala njani omnye
imibongo emnandi, nokuba zininzi kangakanani izinto anazo nezinye; kwaye emva koko ungene
impefumlo elandelayo echaza ukuba akukho nanye kwezi zinto zibalulekileyo, kunye nendlela angenakukuvumela ngayo
ngokwakhe ucinga ngayo ixesha elide, kuba "unomsebenzi wokuwenza," yena
uthi, kwaye "awunakuzivumela ukuba usondele kakhulu," utshilo,
โukulibala ukuba kutheni belapha,โ utsho, โkuba baya kuxoka
wena, uthi, "baya kukukhohlisa," utsho, kwaye "kufuneka wenze njalo
khumbula oko."
kuba
umntu kufuneka aqhawule umtshato ngokwakhe ngale ndlela ukusuka kwingqiqo eqhelekileyo
ubuntu kunye nokwahlula iimvakalelo zakhe ukuze azibekele isonka
etafileni, nokwenza umsebenzi wakhe, njengoko watshoyo, yinto eyoyikekayo, engenasidima
into. Kukumenza ixhoba lale nkqubo inye; ukumthoba ubuntu bakhe
wolinda namadoda ade abulawe, okanye ade aqhekeze;
ukulibala umzuzu ukuba akayi kubaphatha njengabantu, kodwa njengezoo
izilwanyana. Kwaye ukuba uyalibala lo kaninzi, uya kudluliselwa
kwenye indawo, endaweni yomntu ongayi kuba nayo ingxaki efanayo.
Ngokubuhlungu kukuba,
akukho ukunqongophala kwabo baya kukulungela kakhulu ukuthatha indawo yakhe kwaye
wenze umsebenzi ngendlela yemveli kunye nenkohlakalo. Ngabantu abanjalo
fowunela kwimiboniso yentetho kwaye uchaze ngefashoni eneenkcukacha ezinokuthi zidibanise
ingqondo yoyena mbhali wesikrini uyilayo, kanye le nto bangathanda ukuyenza
kwabo bakuluhlu lokufa. Ngabantu abanikela ukuxobula ulusu lwe
abo bacinge ukuba "zizilo," umaleko ngokomaleko, emva koko uncamathelise umva
kunye nengcina esisigxina, emva koko uyikrazule kwakhona, okanye ngubani osongelayo
qhawula amasende amanye amadoda, okanye alale namalulwane ebaseball
zigqunywe ngezikhonkwane. La ngamanye amazwi emiphefumlo enobubele efuna
yenza kucace indlela abalucekisa ngayo ulwaphulo-mthetho, ugonyamelo, nokutenxa, nokuba ngubani obonayo
akukho kwaulwaphulo-mthetho, ubundlobongela okanye unxaxhayo kwingqumbo yabo elusizi. Bona
yayiza kwenza abalindi bentolongo abalungileyo, bonke, ngakumbi kwinkqubo egula kakhulu
Le.
emangalisayo
Akunjalo, ukuba abantu abafanayo abajonga urhulumente ngokuhlekisayo xa kufikwa
iirhafu, ukuhanjiswa kweposi, ukwakhiwa kweendlela, imfundo, okanye ukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nokunyanzelisa
urhulumente akakwazi ukujongana nale miba ngokulingana nangobulungisa,
ngandlelโ ithile ufumanise ukuba kunokwenzeka ukukholelwa ukuba eli lizwe linye linokusasaza ubulungisa, kwaye
kwanesona sohlwayo sokugqibela, ngaphandle kwentelekelelo yokungafanelekanga, umkhethe, okanye impazamo.
uninzi
Ukuphazamisa konke, xa sele kufile kuye kufuneke ngakumbi ukuba abantu benze
lungisa ukubulawa kwebanjwa. Kuba asifuni nto yimbi kubonakala ngathi
kholelwa ukuba sihlala eKansas, endaweni ejijekileyo, umhlaba ogqwethekileyo wase-Oz ngaphakathi
esizifumana ngoku: indawo apho, njengakwimuvi, abantu
bakholelwe kwinto abayifunayo nabafuna ukuyikholelwa, unganikeli ngqalelo kubuxoki
emva komkhusane.
tim
Ubulumko litsha-ntliziyo elizinze eNashville, umbhali kunye nomhlohli. Unokufikelelwa