Izibhamu. Ezweni elinabangaphezu 300 abayizigidi ezingu wabo, izwe elisanda kukhukhulwa ochungechungeni lwemibhikisho ngenxa yezigameko zokubulala ezingapheli abazivumelayo, ungacabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ngibe nolwazi oluthe xaxa ngabo.
Kwenzeka lokhu nje, ngike ngaphatha isibhamu kanye kuphela empilweni yami. Ngaze ngawuxosha. Cishe ngangifunda ibanga leshumi futhi ngakhangwa i-Eagle Scout eyayithanda ukulingisa impi. Ngezimpelasonto, yena nabangane bakhe babekhempa, bakhumule amawashi abo ukuze bangene emoyeni Impi ka-1812, futhi begqoke izingubo zangaphansi zokuzenzela kanye namayunifomu alumayo. Bengikhona impelasonto eyodwa nje. Ngandlela-thile abazali bami ababengafuni ukulwa basayine imvume yokuthi indodakazi yabo ichithe usuku nabalingisi bempi. Kukhona owangiboleka i-period gown, ensundu futhi elumayo futhi ayingifaki kahle. Thina besifazane namantombazane sichithe ihora lonke sisonta isibhamu esimnyama sibe yizicucu zamaphephandaba. Ngincokole ngokuthi leli phephandaba beliyi-anachronistic - ngesonto eledlule Baltimore Sun - kodwa akekho owahleka.
Kuqhamuke indoda iphethe isibhamu eside, into yakudala, incike ehlombe likajekhi wayo ukuze iqoqe โizinhlamvuโ zethu futhi kumelwe ukuba yafunda ukwesaba kwesibhamu okubhalwe ebusweni bami.
โUfuna ukuyizama?โ wabuza.
โImpela,โ ngasho, ngikhubeka ngima ngezinyawo, ngiphusha ingubo yami endleleni, futhi ngizama ukuzenza sengathi anginawo amapheshana ezibhamu eziphukile, izimpawu ze-pacifist. I-League Resistters League, zonke izingubo zami zangempela. Ngezwa umfutho we-adrenaline lapho ngithatha isikhali esisindayo ngezandla zamiโezincane kakhulu. Wangibonisa indlela yokubambana ngayo ukuze ibekwe endaweni ethile, ngiyiqondise, futhi ngiyidubule. Zazingekho zinhlamvu, kwakukodwa nje ukusonteka kwami โโkwempushana, kodwa kwakubanga umsindo owesabekayo. Ngihayize ngisondele ngiwise isikhali.
Futhi kwakukhona: ukuqala, phakathi, kanye nokuphela kothando lwami ngezibhamu - ngaphansi komzuzu ubude. Noma kunjalo, izandla zami zabonakala zinkenketha intambama yonke futhi iphunga lesibhamu lahlala ezinweleni zami izinsuku.
Unazo Izibhamu?
Oyedwa kwabane baseMelika manje usenesibhamu noma uhlala emzini onezibhamu. Ngakho-ke yeka ukuthi kwakuxaka kanjani ukuthi, ngalolo suku ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, ngabona isibhamu sangempela ngokokuqala ngqa nokokugcina. Ngakhulela edolobheni laseBaltimore. Ngike ngasebenza emakhishini esobho nasezindaweni zokukhosela ezingenamakhaya kulo lonke elase-East Coast futhi ngahlala ezindlini eziningi ze-Catholic Worker Houses ezweni lonke - Providence, Camden, Syracuse, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles - zonke zisendaweni "enzima". Ngangihlala e-Red Hook, e-Brooklyn, phakathi nawo-1990, ngaphambi kokuthi uthole ikhofi elingu-$4 noma isikone se-zucchini ku-Van Brunt Street, ngaphambi kokuthi kube ne-Ikea noma i-Fairway endaweni. Yonke leyo miphakathi eqinile, lezo zindawo lapho uMongameli uTrump ecabanga ngezigcawu eziqhubekayo "Ukubulawa kwabantu baseMelika,โ futhi angikaze ngisibone isibhamu.
Noma kunjalo, abantu ngokusobala bangabanikazi bawo futhi bawasebenzisa ngamanani ashaqisayo nangazo zonke izinhlobo zezindlela ezicekela phansi. Njengoba sibona ukuthi zisabalele ngendlela engangingenakuyicabanga, mina nomyeni wami sesiqalile ukubuza abazali babangane bezingane zethu basesikoleni ukuthi banazo yini izibhamu uma sihlela izinsuku zokudlala noma izikhathi zokulala. Lokhu sakufunda kubaba engangifunda naye ekilasini lendodakazi yami yokutholwa eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala uRosena. Ubaba wafona ukuze enze amalungiselelo okuba indodana yakhe ibuye ngemva kokuphuma kwesikole. Saxoxa nge logistics ne food allergies wabe esethula kancane. โManje, ngiyaxolisa uma lokhu kuphazamisa,โ kusho yena, โ.kodwa ngibuza wonke umuntu: Uzigcina izibhamu endlini yakho?" Wayezwakala engakhululekile futhi eqinile.
Ngacishe ngaqunywa isifiso sami sokuthi, โAwungazi ukuthi ngingubani? Emakhoneni athile angajwayelekile, isibongo sami, Berrigan, isafana ne-muscular pacifism kanye nokuphikiswa okunezimiso kobudlova nezikhali zanoma yiluphi uhlobo, kuze kufike lapho uhlobo lwenuzi. Kodwa lobaba cishe wayengasazi nesibongo sami futhi cishe kwakungeke kusho lutho kuye ukuba ubesazi. Ubefuna nje ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi indodana yakhe izophepha futhi ngabonga ukuthi wabuza - kunokuba nje sicabangele, ngokusekelwe endleleni yethu yokuphila yokushayela i-Volvo-driving, thrift-shop-dressing, i-bumper-sticker-sporting yethu. t.
โUyazi ukuthi izingane zinjani,โ esho ngemva kokuba ngimqinisekise ukuthi siwumndeni ongenazibhamu. "Bazoba kukho konke."
Futhi uqinisile. Izingane โzikukho konke,โ okungangabazeki ukuthi kungani ngakho abaningi babo bayaphela bephethe izibhamu ezandleni noma ngezinhlamvu emizimbeni yabo.
"Ingabe ubuza wonke umuntu ngezibhamu zabo?" Ngabuza ubaba. Waphendula wathi, uma bephendula ngoyebo, wabe esebuza ukuthi ngabe lezo zikhali zivaleleke ngaphandle, noma izinhlamvu zigcinwe ngokwehlukana, nokunye.
"Ngibonga kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi nathi kufanele siqale ukwenza lokho,โ kusho mina njengoba ingxoxo yethu isiphela futhi ngempela ngiye ngagcina lapho.
Kuyindaba okufanele iphakanyiswe, nokho ingxoxo elandelayo ingase ibe yimbi, ngoba izingane eziyizigidi ezimbili kuleli zihlala emakhaya anezibhamu. azigcinwa ngokuphepha futhi ngokuvikelekile. Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, izingane ezingu-59 zilimele ezingozini zezibhamu zohlobo oluthile. Ngokwesilinganiso, njalo ngamahora angama-34 esizweni sethu esikhulu a ingane ihilelekile esigamekweni sokudubula okungahlosiwe, ngokuvamile nge imiphumela ebuhlungu.
Ingxabano yakudala ye-National Rifle Association, ethi, โizibhamu azibulali abantu, abantu babulala abantu,โ ithatha uphondo olunzima kakhulu uma ukhuluma ngengane eneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala ebulale ngephutha umfowabo oneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye isibhamu bathola ngenkathi idlala endlini engumakhelwane engenalutho e-Arboles, eColorado.
Emasontweni amabili ngemva kokufunda leli khono elisha lempilo yokuba umzali kuleli khulu leminyaka lethu elisha, umyeni wami uPatrick usocingweni nomama balungiselela uRosena indawo yokulala. Ngimuzwe ephuthaza embuzweni wesibhamu. Ezimpendulweni zakhe, ngicabanga ukuthi umama uyavuma ukuthi banazo izibhamu. Bese kuba nohlobo lokuthula okude, okungathandeki okubonakala kuyingxenye nengxenye yezingxoxo ezinjalo ngaphambi kokuthi uPatrick agcine ethi, โHhayi-ke, kulungile, ngiyabonga ngokwethembeka. Ngiyakwazisa lokho.โ
Avale ucingo angibuke. Uyangitshela: โBagcina izibhamu ukuze bazingele futhi bazivikele, kodwa bavalelwe futhi bangabonakali. โUmama uthi izingane azikaze zizame ukuthola izibhamu, kodwa uyaziqonda izingozi.โ (Wayezwile ezwini lakhe ukuxolisa, ukuphoxeka, nokukhathazeka ukuthi izibhamu zingase zisho ukungalali.)
Ngahleka ngendlela ethi: Angicabangi ukuthi uRosena kufanele ahambe futhi waphendula ngokuthi wayecabanga ukuthi kufanele. Bobabili babe sebexoxa isikhathi eside ngokuthi kufanele enzeni futhi athini uma ebona isibhamu. Walala waze wajabula. Isifundo ekuzulazuleni umehluko, ukwethemba ingane yethu, kanye ne-phewโฆ azikho izibhamu ezenziwe zavela. Futhi sazi okwengeziwe ngomakhelwane bethu kanye nomphakathi wethu.
Noma yini Kungaba Isibhamu
Indodana yami uSeamus, emihlanu, yathola ubhasikidi wePhasika kumngane womndeni. Wayejabule ngoswidi yebo futhi ngokushesha washaya unogwaja ogcwele izinto, kodwa wayesenyangeni ngalokho akubiza ngokuthi โisibhamu sakhe sesanqanteโ esisha. Kwakungesona neze isibhamu sethoyizi, kodwa ubhasikidi omncane ophume ibhola elincane lapho ucindezela inkinobho.
Umqondo wawuwukuthi uzolibamba ibhola, ulibuyisele phakathi, bese uliphinda futhi. Kodwa kwakungewona umdlalo izingane zami ezaziwudlala. Ngokushesha baqala ukuyibuka komunye nomunye. Udadewabo omncane uMadeline, emine, wayesemodeni ye-tattle cishe ngaso leso sikhathi. โMama, uSeamus ungidubula ngesibhamu sakhe sesanqathe!โ
โMama, mama, mama,โ ephendula ngokushesha, โisibhamu sokuzenzisa, hhayi isibhamu sokudlala sangempela. Kulungile." Wenza imisindo eqhumayo ngomlomo futhi wabamba isandla sakhe sengathi ubambe isibhamu samathoyizi esingavunyelwe ngempela. Kwakuwumehluko obalulekile kuye. Uke waba ngumhlanganyeli ogcwele intshiseko ku-March for Our Lives e-Boston ngoMashi 24, ecula nathi sonke โSifunani? Ukulawula izibhamu! Sifuna nini? MANJE!โ amahora amane aqondile.
Kule mashi uveze ukuthi wonke amaphoyisa aphethe izimoto nokugeleza kwabantu abefake izibhamu emabhandeni.
โNgibona isibhamu, Mama,โ wayelokhu esho, noma โLelo phoyisa linesibhamu, Mama.โ
Ngokuphindaphindiwe, waqaphela izindlela zokubulala - kwase kuthi ezinsukwini ezine ngemva kwalokho kuthululwa okukhulu kwezishoshovu eziholwa yintsha zokuvikela izibhamu, UStephon Clark ngempela wadutshulwa egcekeni likagogo wakhe e-Sacramento, eCalifornia. Amaphoyisa amdubulile abefuna umuntu obegqekeza amawindi ezimoto kwamakhelwane adubula amahlandla angu-20 ebumnyameni ebhekise ngakuye. Ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu esizimele kwatholakala ukuthi ushaywe amahlandla ayisishiyagalombili, ikakhulukazi emhlane. UClark ubephethe iselula kuphela, yize amaphoyisa ecabanga ukuthi iyinsimbi, ebingeke ibenze umonakalo kulelo banga, noma ngabe ubeyiphethe njengesikhali.
Mhlawumbe amaphoyisa abone isikhali ngendlela indodana yami eneminyaka emihlanu esibona ngayo. Angenza induku nanoma yini enye, kuhlanganise nalowo bhasikidi omncane, ibe โisibhamuโ futhi ngokusobala angenza kanjalo namaphoyisa. Amaphoyisa sebebulele amadoda nabafana abamnyama bebambe amapayipi, imibhobho yamanzi, Imimese, futhi yebo, izibhamu zokudlala, futhi.
Buvelaphi Udlame?
I-Parkland (i-17 ishonile, i-14 yalimala). Newtown (28 babulawa, 2 balimala). Columbine (15 ushonile, 21 abalimele). Ukudutshulwa kwesikole manje ziphathwa njengengxenye yesakhiwo sempilo yethu. Sebephenduke isici ekwakhiweni kwezikole, ukuqeqeshwa kwabaphathi, uxhaso lwedolobha nombuso, kanye nezinhlelo zokuphepha. Ukulindela ukuthi kuzokwenzeka into embi esikoleni kubumba indlela izingane ezineminyaka emithathu nemine ezifundiswa ngayo amasiko azo. Ingxenye yokuma kwabo manje ihilela โindawo yokukhoselaโ evamile kanye nezivivinyo โzesikole esivikelekileโ.
Esikoleni samabanga aphansi sendodakazi yami, izingane zitshelwa ukuthi zicashe kumaraccoon, lezo zilwane ezimele ukuphanga, abafana abamhlophe noma amadoda azulazula emahholo ehlomile. Njengabazali, kudingeka senze okungaphezu kokukwamukela ngokunganaki lokho izivivinyo ezibuhlungu silungiselela izingane zethu kokubi kakhulu futhi ukubasiza basinde. Izingane ziyizidalwa ezincane ezisengozini futhi kunezingozi ezingenakubalwa laphaya, kodwa zinesigidi esisodwa-ku-600-million. Ithuba lokufa ekudutshulweni kwesikolo. Sibabeka engcupheni kakhulu ngokubathumelela imiyalezo ngenkathi sibashayela sibuya esikoleni.
Ngemuva kwaso sonke isiqephu sodlame esikoleni - noma emhlabeni wabantu abadala isonto, iklabhu yasebusuku, concert, I-movie theater, noma indawo yokusebenza njengeSan Bernardino Inland Regional Centre noma Ikomkhulu le-YouTube - kuhlale kunekhorasi enkulu ethi โkunganiโ? Ochwepheshe babheka umlando womdubuli, ukuhlukumezeka kwakhe (cishe kuhlale kuwumfana), nanoma yini okungenzeka yaziwe mayelana nempilo yakhe yengqondo. Baqagela (noma, esimweni esingavamile salokho kudubula ku-YouTube, yena) ukuthambekela kwezombusazwe, inzondo yobuhlanga, kanye nesizinda sobuhlanga. Ukusesha ukuthi kungani kungaholela ekubambeni ngesandla mayelana nokushayela kanzima umculo we-rock noma i-nihilistic amageyimu evidiyo noma endemic ukuxhaphazwa - konke okungaba yizici emkhankasweni wokubulala inani elikhulu labantu abangaqaphile - kodwa ungalokothi uye kude ngokwanele noma ujule ngokwanele.
Imibuzo emibili iphendulwa ngokungavamile kakhulu: Zivelaphi izibhamu? Buvelaphi udlame?
Izibhamu zabo bonke osayizi kanye nencazelo kukhiqizwa futhi kudayiswe kuleli lizwe ngamanani amangalisayo, angaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho okungatholakala ngokusemthethweni emhlabeni wethu osugcwele izibhamu, ngakho izinkulungwane zazo zingena ezimakethe ezimpunga nezimnyama. Ubufakazi balo mkhuba buvela ngokuphindaphindiwe eMexico, lapho U-70% wezikhali ashaqwe ngobugebengu phakathi kuka-2009 no-2014 kwavela ukuthi enziwe ENyakatho. Sinesilinganiso Izibhamu ezingama-300 million kuleli zwe, okusenza sibe ngowokuqala emhlabeni wonke ekuphathweni kwezibhamu futhi ezinye zazo bezingeke zisetshenziselwe โukuzingela.โ Izikhali zesitayela sezempi ezenzelwe ukuklebhula inyama yomuntu futhi akukho lutho ngaphandle kwalokho - njenge-AR-15 u-Nikolas Cruz oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala. ethengwa ngokusemthethweni futhi wasebenzisa endaweni yakhe embi yokudubula iParkland.
Leli zwe, ngamanye amazwi, liyi-cornucopia yezibhamu, okuyinto - ngokweqiniso, bakwethu - ayinayo into embi yokwenza nesichibiyelo sesibili.
Udlame luvelaphi? Sengivele ngabelana ngolwazi lwami ngezibhamu. Manje, ake ngengeze kukho ukungabi nalwazi kwami โโngobudlova. Angazi ukuthi kunjani uma kufanele usabele ngomzuzwana noma ubaleke umenzi wobubi othuthukayo. Akekho owake weza kimina nesibhamu noma ummese noma ipayipi, nanoma yini enye ngaleyo ndaba. Futhi ngizibona nginenhlanhla ngalokho. Esizweni lapho, ngo-2016 kuphela, abantu abayi-14,925 babulawa ngenxa yodlame lwezibhamu kanti abanye abangu-22,938 basebenzise isibhamu ukuze bazibulale, kuyinto ebalulekile ongayisho.
Kodwa nokho, ngiyazi ukuthi ngiwumkhiqizo wodlame (kanye nesifiso, emndenini wami siqu, sokubhikisha nokukumisa): udlame lwelungelo labamhlophe, udlame lwe-colonialism yaseMelika, udlame lwamandla amakhulu aseMelika isikali somhlaba wonkeโฆ futhi akuyona into encane leyo. Kulula kakhulu ukusola izimo zabadubuli ekuhlolweni okungalungile kwempilo yengqondo kunokukhulela ezweni eligcwele usongo lodlame.
Amandla amayelana nokungalokothi uthi uyaxolisa, ungalokothi uphendule. Futhi leyo akuyona nje indaba yamaphoyisa adubula amadoda nabafana abamnyama; kumayelana nendlela leli zwe elivinjwe ngayo ekubeni yi-opprobrium yamazwe ngamazwe isigidigidi samadola isimo sezokuphepha kazwelonke, ibutho lezempi elingangabazi ukuhlukanisa umhlaba wonke libe Isikhombisa โImiyaloโ yase-US kanye nenani elikhulu lezikhali zenuzi elicekela phansi iplanethi.
Futhi ungacabangi ukuthi noma yikuphi kwalokhu kuwumfanekiso nje we-Trumpian bombast kanye nesihluku. Lowo mqondo ofanayo wokungalokothi usho ukuthi uyaxolisa ezingeni lomhlaba wonke ngenxa yokungathembeki kuka-Barack Obama wase-Urban, ukungabi nangqondo kwesipuni sesiliva sika-George Bush Junior, ukufinyeleleka kwesintu kukaBill Clinton, ubukhazikhazi buka-patrician ka-George Bush Senior, i-aura ka-Ronald Reagan ye-Hollywood charm, kanye nekaJimmy Carter. inguqulo yaseningizimu efanayo. Sikhuluma ngamasistimu ezikhali aklanyelwe ukuwisa inani lokwesabeka ngendlela engenakucatshangwa ku-Nikolas Cruzes, Dylann Roofs, kanye no-Adam Lanzas womhlaba.
Futhi akusenzi ngisho siphephe! Yonke leyo mali, lonke lolo lwazi, wonke lawo mandla afakwa ekwakhiweni nasekubonisweni kwezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu futhi sihlala sisengozini ngokuphawulekayo njengesizwe. Phela ezikoleni, emakhaya, emahhovisi, komakhelwane ezweni lonke, sibulawa izingane zethu, abangani bethu, izithandwa zethu, amaphoyisa ethu, imigwaqo yethu ewohlokayo namabhuloho, izitimela zethu ezidilikayo. Futhi-ke, kunjalo, kukhona zonke lezo zibhamu. Izibhamu ziqonde ukucekela phansi. Izibhamu ezingenakubalwa.
Ngakho yini ngempela engasenza siphephe? Phela, abantu bathenga ngokwethiyo uhlobo lweziqhumane ongase ulusebenzise kuphela empini futhi bathembise ukwethembeka emshinini wempi wase-US befuna i-chimera ethile yokuphepha. Nokho, naphezu kwalokho umugqa we-NRA wakudala โ โUkuphela kwendlela yokunqanda umuntu omubi ophethe isibhamu iwukuba nomfana olungile ophethe isibhamuโ - ingabe siphephe ngempela esizweni esigcwele izikhali ezingaka esinabaningi abaklabalaza esimweni sokwesaba okukhulu ukuze bathenge ezinye? Ingabe izingane zami zisendleleni eya ekuphileni okungcono ngempela njengoba zijwayela ukugwaza ezindlini zazo zokufundela emakilasini amnyama ngenxa yokwesaba ukuhlasela โama-raccoonโ?
Awucabangi yini ukuthi ukuvikeleka kweqiniso akukhona ekuzihlomiseni kwethu ngokumelene nabanye abantu - okungukuthi, ekuhlukaneni kwethu nabo - kodwa ekuxhumaneni kwethu nabo, kuwebhu yokusebenzelana ebophe imiphakathi, emincane nemikhulu. , iminyaka eyinkulungwane? Awucabangi yini ukuthi besiyolondeka kakhudlwana futhi singethuki kangako uma sithola izindlela zokuqaphela nokuhlanganyela inala yethu elinganiselwe ukuze sihlangabezane nezidingo zabanye? Emhlabeni ogcwele izibhamu nokwesaba, ingabe ukuphepha kwethu akudingekile ukuba kuhilele ukwethembana nesibindi futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kube (okungcono kakhulu) umsebenzi oqhubekayo?
Mina-ke, ngibhekana nalowo msebenzi oqhubekayo nganoma yiziphi izindlela engingakwazi ngazo - nomakhelwane bami, idolobha lami, umyeni wami, futhi iningi lazo zonke izingane zami, ngizifundisa ngezindlela zobudlova kanye nazo zonke lezo zikhali zikhulisa uhambo lwethu. esihogweni, engalokothi alethe isibambiso abasithembisayo.
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