Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 11, 2019
Msonkhano wa Constitutional Convention utakumana ku Philadelphia, nyengo inali yotentha modabwitsa. Anthu m'misewu ya Philadelphia adamenya mkazi mpaka kufa chifukwa chokhala mfiti ndikuyambitsa kutentha pofuna kuwapha.
Ndimakumbukira zomwe anthu ambiri amanena kuti kusintha kwa nyengo kumayambitsa nkhondo. Izi nthawi zambiri zimatengedwa (mwanjira ina) kukhala zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, ngakhale Pentagon ikapanga, komanso pamene magulu achilengedwe omwe sangakhudze zolimbikitsa mtendere ndi mtengo wa mapazi khumi apanga.
Koma bwanji ponena za “Kusintha kwanyengo kumayambitsa kusaka mfiti.” Pamene tikunena motero, kodi zimakhala zotheka kuzindikira kukhalapo kwa bungwe la anthu, chenicheni chakuti ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti kusaka mfiti ndi kuvomereza, ndi kusankha kuchita nawo kusaka mfiti, zomwe zimayambitsa kusaka mfiti?
Tsopano ndi zoona kuti kutentha kunali chinthu china ku Philadelphia, ndipo nzoona kuti chilala chinayambitsa ku Syria. Koma tikamanena kuti nkhondo imayambitsa kusintha kwa nyengo, m’malo moti kusintha kwa nyengo kumayambitsa nkhondo, timamva bwino kwambiri. Nkhondo (monga momwe ikumenyedwa pakali pano) ndiyomwe imayambitsa kuwonongeka kwanyengo komwe kumayambitsa kusintha kwa nyengo, m'lingaliro lenileni la mawu oti "zimayambitsa." Tikulankhula pano za machitidwe osakhala aumunthu.
Kunena kuti kusintha kwa nyengo kumayambitsa nkhondo kapena kusaka mfiti ndiko kutambasula kwa lingaliro la causation, chifukwa chosavuta kuti m'dera lomwe limakana kusaka mfiti kapena m'gulu lomwe limakana nkhondo, kusintha kwa nyengo sikungathe kuchititsa chinthu choterocho.
Yankho Limodzi
Kusintha kwanyengo mwina kwawonjezera kutentha kwadziko!