Uluntu lwaseMelika, olusele luhlukumezekile ngenxa yokoyikeka kwe-11 kaSeptemba, ngamaxesha athile lulumkiswa ukuba esinye isenzo esinjalo sisendleleni. Izilumkiso ezithethelelekayo, ezisekelwe kulwazi olusengqiqweni, ziyimfuneko yaye ziyaxatyiswa. Kodwa kukho iindleko zentlalo ekunyuseni izilumkiso ezingapheliyo zezoyikiso ezizayo kukhuseleko lwesizwe ezingenzekiyo okanye ezingacacanga kangangokuba zingabi namsebenzi ngayo nayiphi na indlela yepragmatic.
Siye safumana izilumkiso rhoqo enye Al Qaeda-isenzo. Ziza ngamaxesha athile zivela kuMongameli, iGqwetha Jikelele u-Ashcroft, uMlawuli woKhuseleko lweLizwe, kunye ne-FBI .. Ngamaxesha athile, iWashington iyalele ii-arhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho ukuba "zilumke kakhulu" ngomhla othile-ngoJulayi 4, okanye isikhumbuzo sikaSeptemba. I-11, okanye ngenxa yokwanda ngokukhawuleza konxibelelwano oluthintelweyo ngaphandle kokuchaza oko kwakudityaniswe ngubani malunga nokuba yintoni.
Konke oko kuye kwabangela ukuba iintloko zamapolisa, iisherifu nezinye ii-arhente zelizwe zihlale zisithi, โSele sikwi โhigh alertโ yintoni enye esiyenzayo ngoku? Yaye zifanele zenzeke phi yaye nini izinto ezimbi?โ
Oku kusizisa engqondweni isilumkiso sikaChicken Little sokuba โIsibhakabhaka siyawa!โ okanye inkwenkwana isoloko ilila โingcuka!โ Kodwa uChicken Little wazulazula emhlambini wenkukhu okruqukileyo kunye ne "Ngcuka!" inkwenkwe yaphulukana nabaphulaphuli.
Kodwa ihoko yethu yenkukhu yesizwe isashukunyiswa luhlaselo lwangaphambili. Abantu abaninzi bayekile ukubhabha, okanye bayekile ukutyelela iindawo ezibonisa ukuthandโ izwe, kwaye wonke umntu uyazi ukuba โinto ethileโ inokwenzeka โndaweni ithile.โ Kuya kuba bubudenge ukucinga ukuba iAl Qaeda okanye elinye iqela elifihlakeleyo elinoburhalarhume obubhekiselele eUnited States, eneneni, linokucwangcisa ukwenza umonakalo ebomini nakwilungu. Bakhe bayenza ngaphambili kwaye ngenye indlela bathi baya kuyenza kwakhona.
Kodwa kukho uhlobo olwahlukileyo lwengozi kwii-alam ezininzi ezingxamisekileyo ngaphandle kolwazi olunentsingiselo. Ukuvuthwa ngokuchanekileyo komonakalo kukhuseleko loluntu kwachazwa kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ziingcali zengqondo, uGordon Allport kunye noLeo Postman.
U-Allport kunye noPostman bafunde udushe kunye ne-hysteria yoluntu esekwe kuloyiko lokwenyani kodwa ulwazi olungacacanga. Baye banciphisa izifundo zabo kuqulunqo oluthile: Okukhona unxunguphalo loluntu lukhulu kunye nokungonelanga kolwazi oluthembekileyo, kokukhona kusiba makhulu amathuba okuphakuzela kunye nokuxhalaba.
Sele itshisiwe kwinkumbulo yangoku yaseMelika yimifanekiso eyoyikisayo yeeZiko lezoRhwebo zeHlabathi ezilahlekileyo phambi kwamehlo ethu, uhlaselo lomoya oluphambanisayo ePentagon oluthe lwavelisa ukufa kunye nentshabalalo, kunye nenqwelomoya eyantlithekayo yasePennsylvania xa iqela labavukeli lisilwa linikezela. ubomi babo xa inqwelo-moya eyantlithekayo yasilela ukufikelela nantoni na ebijolise kuyo.
Uluntu lwaseMelika alunakuze lulibale ezo miboniso. Yaye abayi kusilela ukubavuselela ngokucacileyo xa amagosa aphakamileyo karhulumente elumkisa ngohlobo oluthile lokuphindaphinda. Ke inxalenye yokuqala ye-Allport-Postman ithisisi sele
apho: ixhala eliphezulu loluntu.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ilizwe lihlala lilumkiswa ukuba "liphapheme kakhulu" lingenazo iinkcukacha eziluncedo (Lumka! Intlekele Isenokuqhambuka Naphi na Naphi na!") Inxalenye yesibini yethisisi ikwalapho: ukungabikho kolwazi oluchanekileyo noluthembekileyo.
Ngenxa yoko, sinefomula yesizwe yokuphakuzela kunye nokuphazamiseka. Oku, nako, kwenzekile. IGqwetha likaGqwetha Jikelele u-Ashcroft ubambe kwaye wabamba incommunicado engaziwayo amakhulu abantu, abanye babo bengabemi baseMelika,
abanye abahlali abasemthethweni abasisigxina, kungenakucingelwa ngaphambi kweSeptemba 11. Iifestile ziye zachithwa kwaye iziqhushumbisi zomlilo zaphoswa kwiziseko zobuhlanga obumsulwa baseMelika ababonakala kubaphangi abaqhankqalazi ukuba bafanise ubuhlanga babaqweqwedisi be-Al Qaeda. Kuye kwakho ukubulala.
Izenzo zokutshisa kunye nokutshabalalisa kunye nezithuko ziye zenziwa kubantu kunye neentsapho abathi abanye abantu baseMelika abangenalwazi baye babona ngathi bafana namaPalestina. Imithambo-luvo ye-taut iye yanwenwela kwiikhampasi apho kuye kwakho ungquzulwano lwe-pro-Israel kunye ne-pro-Palestina. Ukungazi kwe-thuggish of smashers zefestile kusichaphazela sonke, ukuba akukho sizathu sesinye isizathu sokuba kwifestile engenangqondo ibetha uninzi lwabemi baseMelika "bajongeka bangaphandle."
UNorman Solomon ubonise ukuba iinkonzo zeendaba zase-US zibhekisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kuhlaselo olukhulu lomkhosi wase-Israel ePalestine kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwendawo yonke, kunye namawaka amadoda, abafazi kunye nabantwana ababulewe kwaye benzakele kwi-rubble, njenge "impindezelo" yase-Israel ngenxa yokuzibulala kwabantu basePalestina. kunye nezinye iindawo zikawonke-wonke eziye zabulala abantu abaninzi.
Kodwa kube kanye kuphela apho uSolomon wafumana iinkonzo zethu zeendaba zisebenzisa igama elithi "ukuziphindezela" ukuchaza iziqhushumbisi zasePalestina zokuzibulala ngokuhlasela okukhulu kwe-Israel ePalestina, ukubamba umhlaba ongcono, amanzi kunye nemithombo yombane ngaphakathi kwePalestina, ukwakhiwa kweendawo zokuhlala zamaYuda kwipropati yasePalestina kunye nokuzikhusela. kunye nomkhosi obulalayo kunye nothungelwano lweendlela zoMkhosi wase-Israel ezigubungela iPalestine, kunye nexesha elide kunye nexesha elide lokubuya ekhaya kwizixeko zasePalestine, lukhubaze uluntu lwamaSilamsi, oomatshini badubula ii-ambulensi zabo kwaye babangela ukungondleki phakathi kwabantwana abathile basePalestina.
Kwaye akubonakali ngathi kwenzekile kuSharon nabaxhasi bakhe ukuba okukhona amaSirayeli ebeka ukubulala kunye nokutshabalalisa abantu basePalestina, kokukhona ulutsha lwasePalestine luzivuthela kwiivenkile zokutyela zaseTel Aviv kwinto ecacileyo yokuziphindezela ngento eyenziwe nguSirayeli kwilizwe labo. Impendulo yecala elinye ye-White House kunye noninzi lweendaba eziphambili zeendaba ziye zabeka uxinzelelo olukhohlakeleyo kubo bonke abantu baseMelika abangamaSulumane okanye abangabase-Arab okanye enye imvelaphi yaseMbindi Mpuma.
Olo hlobo lokungalingani kunye nokuncipha kolwazi olupheleleyo noluchanekileyo kwiingxelo ezisisiseko kumzimba ophambili weendaba zaseMelika zonyuse amathuba okuba ne-American hysteria kunye noloyiko. Oku akunjalo naseYurophu nakwezinye iindawo ngenxa yokuba zombini iindaba kunye neengxelo ezisemthethweni zeenkokeli zaseYurophu ziye zalungelelaniswa kwaye zingaphantsi kakhulu ekugxekeni icala elinye.
Kodwa olona phawu lubalaseleyo lokuphendula okumangalisayo, ewe, kukulungiselelo lukaMongameli Bush lokuzibophelela eUnited States ukuba alwe ne-Iraq. Oku akusiyo isiphithiphithi sikawonke-wonke, kodwa sibonakalisa ithisisi ye-Allport-Postman: ngokuxhasa kwakhe rhoqo ukutshatyalaliswa kweNkulumbuso uSharon kunye nokubulawa kwabantu ePalestina njengoko kuyimfuneko "ukhuseleko" lwamaSirayeli, ngaloo ndlela ekhuthaza ubundlobongela bamazwe ngamazwe kuloo ndawo yaseMbindi Mpuma, yena. uye waphakamisa ukungavisisani koluntu ngokwaneleyo ukuba anikeze indawo yokuphuma emfazweni (okanye, uSharon-like, "ukhuselo") ngokuchasene noSadam Hussein kunye nelizwe lase-Iraq.
Oku akuthethi ukuba uSadam Hussein ungcwele ngaphezu kokuba uYassir Arafat engongcwele. Kodwa oko kuthetha ukuba i-White House kunye nobume bemithombo yeendaba esisiseko yaseMelika kuMbindi Mpuma iphakamise ukungavisisani koluntu ngelixa ulwazi oluthembekileyo noluchanekileyo lunqongophele okanye into encinci ekhoyo kwimithombo yeendaba ephambili igutyungelwe kwintetho yoluntu yezoyikiso kunye. imfazwe yobunkokeli eWashington.
Akukho nto yayinokuthi iphindaphinde iziphumo ezibi ze-Allport-Postman ithisisi kunesicwangciso se-White House sokudala iqela leempimpi kwindawo yonke kunye nendlu yelizwe. Ebizwa ngokuba yi-TIPS for Terrorism Information and Prevention System iya kuququzelela abaqhubi belori, abaqhubi beebhasi, abasebenzi basezibukweni, abafundi beemitha, abathwali beeleta kunye nabanye kulindeleke ukuba baxele nayiphi na "imisebenzi ekrokrisayo" abayibonayo. Nangona ikamva lezopolitiko lenkqubo lingacacanga, isindululo sayo ngamagosa aphezulu kurhulumente wethu sibonisa ukungazi okanye okubi ngakumbi ngezinto ezoyikekayo ezidlulileyo:
KwiMpuma yeJamani yamaKomanisi, abantu baxelela amaqabane abo, okanye abahlobo babo abasenyongweni, okanye umrhwebi wegrosari wasekuhlaleni, kunye naye nabani na ongomnye ukuze bahlale bekwinceba yabecuphi. Bayenze kuba, ngubani owaziyo? Mhlawumbi amaqabane abo abenze into efanayo kubo ngokufihlakeleyo, okanye umhlobo wabo osenyongweni, okanye igrocer ekoneni kuba nabo, babefuna ukubonakala benobuhlobo kumapolisa asecupheni. Umphumo waba luluntu olubolileyo nolungasebenziyo olwathi lwawohloka ngokwalo ububi xa iSoviet yawa.
Okanye iKGB endala yaseSoviet Union apho abantu bezigidi babanjwa okanye banyamalala ngenxa yokuba ilizwe lalilawulwa ngamagqabantshintshi ngaphandle komgaqo-siseko okanye amalungelo abantu.
Okanye "yanyamalala" eChile naseArgentina, ngenkxaso yezo lawulo zivela eWashington.
Okanye amakhulu amawaka angabalwa amaSilamsi abulawayo e-East Timor, kwakhona ngoncedo lwaseMelika.
Njengoko โihlabathiโ elingalawulekiyo nelingenalusini lisenza amaxhoba eebhiliyoni zabantu abangenamalungelo nabahlwempuzekileyo behlabathi, ngaba akuyi kubakho ixesha apho inkokeli enothando eneenjongo ezinkulu kunye nenkohlakalo enkulu ngakumbi kuno-Ibn bin Laden eququzelela ingqumbo yeplanethi nxamnye neUnited States?
Zonke izinto ezimanyumnyezi zibangelwa kukusebenzisa kakubi uloyiko lomntu ngamnye โlomnye,โ inkcazo โyomnyeโ ukuya kutsho kwiinkokeli zobupolitika ezingoozwilakhe ezikhusela amagunya azo.
Ngaba akukho mntu kuLawulo lweBush ofunda imbali? Okanye uGeorge Orwell?
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