UChristina Taylor Green ungumoya womlayezo. Wafika eMhlabeni September 11, 2001, usuku lapho amaphekula ayehlome ngezikhali ezingaphezu kuka ama-boxcutters aphendula izindiza zezindiza zaba imicibisholo eqondiswayo futhi azibulala abantu abangaba ngu-3,000, ikakhulukazi izakhamuzi. Ngempela, wayengomunye walabo abantwana abavezwe encwadini ethi, Faces of Hope, eyayibuka ingane eyodwa evela kuyo ngamunye wase-United States owazalwa ngalolo suku. Owebanga lesithathu wayekade wakhethwa emkhandlwini wakhe wabafundi besikole samabanga aphansi iMesa Verde futhi wayesesikoleni ukuhlangana kukakhongolose uGabrielle Giffords nomakhelwane omdala, uSusan Hileman. Laba bobabili bebebambene ngezandla ngesikhathi kuqhuma isibhamu ngoJanuwari 8.
Kimina, ukufa kwale ngane kungibangela umbuzo othi, Zingaki izingane kuzothatha?
Zingaki izingane ezizozithatha ngaphambi kwe-Rush Limbaughs no-Sarah Ama-Palin ami phansi ezithombeni ezinodlame nenkulumo-nkulumo? Ngabe kungaba njalo kunzima kubo ukuthola ulimi olungavusi ukubulala, ukudubula kanye nokuphambana? Kungaba buthaka kangakanani ekusebenzeni kwabo? Ingabe bakholelwa ukuthi bazolahlekelwa abalandeli uma behlonipha umoya yale ngane nolimi olunje? Ingabe badinga uhlobo abalandeli abasabela kuphela kuleso sithombe?
Izothatha izingane ezingaki? Bangaki ngaphambi kwalabo abavikela Isichibiyelo Sesibili ekugcineni siyavuma ukuthi asisebenzi izibhamu, futhi uma kwenzeka, sekuyisikhathi sokuyichitha? Ah, bathi izibhamu azibulali abantu, abantu babulala abantu. Yebo, kodwa kubonakala sengathi uma unikezwa inketho, ababulali babonakala bekhetha izibhamu, akunjalo? UChristina wayenjalo empeleni akagwazwanga, futhi akazange aqhunyiswe ngamabhomu, futhi akazange agilwe phansi umshayeli ononya. Wadutshulwa. Leso kwakuyisikhali sokuzikhethela. A umbulali obephethe ummese ubengeke nje akwazi ukubulala abayisithupha futhi walimaza abanye abangu-14. Ekuhlaseleni ngommese kumuntu osesidlangalaleni, uChristina cishe ngokuqinisekile ubengaba osindile. Amabhomu kakade akhishwe emthethweni. Futhi izikhathi ezingaki ngonyaka ababulali bagijimisa imoto endaweni isixuku sabantu, kwashona abayisithupha kwalimala abangaka? Asiyi izimoto ezingekho emthethweni, ngoba aziklanyelwe ukubulala futhi njengoba zinjalo sihambise emsebenzini, esikoleni, siyothenga, njll.
Kodwa izibhamu zezandla zihlukile. Yebo, bazingeli, ngiyazibona izandla zenu. Angi ukuphakamisa ukuthi izibhamu zakho ziyingxenye yale ngxoxo. Izibhamu nje, futhi yilokho abaningi bethu abafuna ukweqa izibhamu abakhuluma ngakho. Izibhamu ezikhishwe emthethweni. Kuyini okungcwele ngabo? Ngempela? Against the impilo kaChristina Taylor Green?
Kuthiwani ngezingane eziwu-500 noma ngaphezulu ezibulawa ngezibhamu ngephutha ngonyaka e-US? Awu, usho, ngigcina isibhamu sami sivaliwe. Impela, futhi uyawahlola amakhaya ingane yakho engaya kuyo? Kufanele abazali kaDylan Jackson oneminyaka engu-4 ubudala bashanele ikhaya lapho ingane yabo yayikhona emcimbini wosuku lokuzalwa, lapho athola khona isibhamu, wasicosha futhi engenacala wazidubula washona esifubeni?
Hhayi-ke, ukuchaza uMadeleine Albright ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 lapho ebuzwa ukuthi izinkulungwane zezingane zase-Iraq ezifa minyaka yonke ngenxa yokubulala Uhlelo lwezijeziso lugcine imithi eminingi ebalulekile, โSicabanga ukuthi kunjalo lifanele inani.โ Ngabe yilokho abakukholelwayo abathandi bezibhamu na? izibhamu zabo, uhulumeni wamaKhomanisi u-Obama wamaKhomanisi uzowathatha inkululeko yabo? Ngokujulile? Lokho, ngemva kwakho konke, isizathu esishiwo salokho Isichibiyelo Sesibili, ukuvimbela uhulumeni ekuphuleni umthetho abantu. Njengoba i-US ihamba phambili emazweni okuthiwa athuthukile ekufeni kwezibhamu ngezakhamuzi eziyizinkulungwane eziyikhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi singasho ngokuphepha ukuthi kumane nje sinenhlanhla ukuthi sinaleso Sichibiyelo Sesibili, ngakho-ke asicindezelwe njenge AmaCanada, amaScots, amaFinns namaJapani, wonke anezilinganiso eziphansi kakhulu ngokufa kwezibhamu kunathi. Ngicabanga ukuthi bavikela kakhulu abantwana babo abancane, bezimisele ukudela inkululeko ukuze bazigcine ephila. Oh, kunjalo, inkululeko kuphela abayidelayo isibhamu amalungelo.
Izibhamu yindlela esibulala ngayo e-US (izinga eliphezulu phakathi kwezizwe ifundwe kunanoma iyiphi ngaphandle kweColombia, ephakeme kakhulu kuneGuatemala ngokwemibandela amaphesenti okubulala okwenziwa ngezibhamu) nendlela esizibulala ngayo. Benza kube lula. Sithanda kube lula, kanye nezindaba zokulimala nokubulawa izingane azizange dented the abathandi isibhamu. 16,907 ukuzibulala e-US ngo Ngo-2004 babedutshulwa, abaningi babo ngabasha bedikibele okwesikhashana futhi mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba baqede izimpilo zabo nganoma iyiphi enye indlela. Kodwa kwakukhona a izibhamu ezitholakalayo, njengoba kwaba khona lapho abangaphezu kuka-50,000 balahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo i-US izibhamu ngonyaka odlule, kanye nonyaka owandulele, kanye nonyaka ngaphambiโฆngisho nabasiki bebhokisi kanye namajeli abakwazi ukusondela kulokho kufa izinombolo.
Ngempela, bathandi bezibhamu, khulumani iqiniso. Impilo yalezi zingane nje anginandaba nawe uma sesiqala ukukhuluma ngelungelo elingcwele ukuba nesibhamu sakho, eh? Ngokusobala, ayikho inombolo, ayikho indaba usizi olungakhulumeki, nobuso obuncane obungabhoboza izikhali onazo nxazonke zothando lwakho lwezibhamu zakho. Ngiyakuthola lokho. Engingakutholi kungani thina sonke siyivumela ukuthi ihlale ingumthetho nenqubomgomo yomphakathi.
U-Tom H. Hastings ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) unguMqondisi we-PeaceVoice, a Uhlelo lwe-Oregon Peace Institute.
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