By Robert Shetterly, The Smirking Chimp, August 12, 2021
"Kulimba mtima ndi mtengo umene moyo umapereka pofuna kupereka mtendere."
- Amelia Earhart
Kujambula chithunzi kumatenga nthawi, kufulumira ndikulakwitsa kukhothi. Lamulo langa ndikuti ndikhale wokonda koma wodekha, ndikusiya nthawi yowala ndikamayesetsa kuti ndidziwe pang'ono diso, kupindika milomo motero, ndikupanga chowonekera pa mlatho wa mphuno kuti chikwaniritse mzere wake.
Daniel Hale, yemwe chithunzi Ndakhala ndikujambula, ndi whistleblower wa Air Force yemwe adakakamizidwa ndi chikumbumtima kumasula zikalata zodziwika bwino zosonyeza kuti pafupifupi 90% ya omwe adaphedwa ndi drone ndi anthu wamba, anthu osalakwa, omwe adaphedwa ndi thandizo lake. Iye sakanakhoza kukhala ndi izo. Daniel adadziwa kuti kumasula izi kudzabweretsa mkwiyo wa boma pa iye. Adzatsutsidwa pamilandu ya Espionage Act, ngati kuti anali kazitape. Atha zaka m'ndende ndipo tsopano walamulidwa miyezi 45 chifukwa chonena zoona. Anatinso chomwe amawopa kuposa kundende chinali kuyesedwa kuti asakayikire kuphedwa kwa ma drone uku. Ntchito yake yankhondo inali kukhala chete. Koma ndi munthu wamtundu wanji amene sakayikira zomwe akuchita? Kodi moyo wake ndiwofunika kwambiri kuposa anthu omwe akuphedwawa? Adatinso, "Yankho lidandidzera, kuti ndithane ndi zachiwawa, ndiyenera kupereka moyo wanga osati wa munthu wina."
Ndili mwana, sindinaganize zopondereza nyerere, zipilala zazitali za nyerere zakuda ndi zakuda, kuyambiranso chakudya, ena kubwerera, atanyamula zinyenyeswazi kapena tizidutswa ta tizilombo tina — mwendo wa chiwala, phiko la ntchentche. Sindinawalemekeze monga zinthu zamoyo, sindinawadziwe ngati zinthu zozizwitsa zosinthika ndi gulu lovuta, osazindikira kuti ali ndi ufulu wokhala ndi moyo wofanana ndi ine.
Ndipo sanalabadire za mphamvu zanga zazikulu.
Chikhalidwe changa chinali chakuti tizilombo tinali todetsa nkhawa, tovulaza anthu, timanyamula matenda kapena kuwononga chakudya chathu kapena kungokhala ongolira, tikulowa m'nyumba zathu kuti tisasokonezeke ndi kukwera kwawo, momwe amakankhira pachinthu chilichonse chotsekemera ndikusiya, amayi anga adati , matenda obisika. Kuswa kachilombo kakang'ono kunali, ngati sichinthu cholungama, chimodzi mwazomwe zingapangitse dziko lapansi kukhala labwino kwa anthu. Sindinaphunzitsidwepo kuti iwo amakhala mu ukonde womwewo womwe umaphatikizapo ine ndi moyo wanga. Sindinaphunzitsidwe kudabwa ndi kukhalapo kwawo. Komanso sindinadziwe izi ndekha. Sindinaphunzitsidwe kuwapatsa moni ngati mchimwene ndi mlongo. Kubwezera tizilombo kunali koyenera, kuwathokoza chifukwa chopusa.
Chifukwa chiyani ndikuganiza za izi? Tsiku lina ndidayang'ana zolemba za Sonia Kennebeck Mbalame Yachilengedwe (2016) pafupifupi atatu oimba malipoti, kuphatikizapo Daniel Hale. Chisoni chawo chifukwa cha chikumbumtima chawo pazomwe anali kuchita zidachitikadi pakufunsidwa ndi anthu wamba aku Afghans omwe adazunzidwa ndi US drone, ena opulumuka, abale ena a omwe adaphedwa, ena adadzipweteka okha. Zithunzi mu kanema wazomwe ma drones amawona asadaphulitse zida zawo zamagalimoto ndi magalimoto ndi mabasi ndi nyumba ndi misonkhano zinali zodabwitsa. Zosamveka bwino, koma zamiyala, zosalala, zakuda ndi zoyera, anthu okwera kapena oyenda, owonedwa kuchokera kumwamba kwambiri ndipo amawonetseratu kuti amawoneka ngati tizilombo tating'onoting'ono, osati anthu konse, ngati nyerere.
Tonsefe tikudziwa kuti nkhondo zimathandizidwa ndi kuthekera kwathu mwatsoka kuti tichotseretu mdani wathu. Mantha ndi mkwiyo, kunyoza ndi kufalitsa mawu kumachepetsa adani mpaka kuchuluka kwa tizilombo tomwe tikufuna kutiluma, kutiluma, kutipha. Zomwe sitikuzindikira kuti ndikufunitsitsa kwathu kutulutsa zida zopanda tsankho, tidadzichotsanso tokha. Kodi anthu athunthu angalungamitse kuukira kwa ma drone, kuthana ndi kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba kuti athetse munthu m'modzi yemwe akuganiziridwa kuti akufuna kuvulaza anthu aku America? Ndipo mwana wanga wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu anali kudziphwanya bwanji nyerere zongofuna kudzidyetsa zokha?
Anthu aku America adaphunzitsidwa kuti ukadaulo wamakamera wapita patsogolo kwambiri kotero kuti wogwiritsa ntchito amatha kusiyanitsa kumwetulira ndi kukwiya, AK-47 kuchokera ku rahab (chida choimbira), mwamunayo kuchokera kwa mkazi, wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu kuchokera wachinyamata, wolakwa kuchokera ku ayi. Ayi sichoncho. Ogwiritsira ntchito sakudziwa kwenikweni. Komanso tsankho lawo silimalola kuti adziwe. Mufilimuyi timawamva akuganiza. Achinyamata ndi omenyera nkhondo mdani, ana ali, chabwino, ana, koma ndani amasamala? Ndipo ndi chiani, mwina, wazaka khumi ndi ziwiri? Ndi bwino kulakwitsa mbali yankhondo. Zonsezi ndi nyerere ndipo, monga tikukondera kunena, kumapeto kwa tsiku, nyerere zosasokoneza sizingawopseze. Kutulutsa chinthu chokha chomwe kamera ya drone imawona ndi nyerere.
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Boma la US lidayimba mlandu a Daniel Hale chifukwa chakuba katundu waboma, zomwe zidafotokozedwa mwatsatanetsatane zomwe zimafotokoza kuchuluka kwaimfa ya anthu wamba pomenyedwa ndi ma drone. Boma limaganiza kuti ngati anthu akumayiko ankhanza kapena omwe angakhale ankhanza adziwa kuti tikulungamitsa kupha anthu ena, atha kufuna kubwezera, kapena kudzimva kuti ndi oyenera. Boma lathu lingathenso kuganiza kuti anthu aku America amalingaliro atha kukwiya mofananamo ndikupempha kuti aphedwe. The Espionage Act, monga imagwiritsidwira ntchito motsutsana ndi Daniel Hale, siyomwe ili ndi malamulo amakhalidwe abwino koma imabweretsa mabodza pansi pa malamulo. Komanso izi sizokhudza chitetezo cha US kupatula kuti anthu ambiri akudziwa kuti mukuchita zonyansa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti munthu akhale wotetezeka. A Daniel Hale adalumbirira kusunga chinsinsi cha nkhanza zaku drone zaku US.
Ndondomeko yachinsinsi ndi mtundu wina wamankhwala osokoneza bongo. Tikufuna kwambiri kuti tidzilemekeze komanso kuti anthu ena atilemekeze osati monga momwe ife tiriri koma chifukwa cha omwe timadziyesera kuti ndife - apadera, okonda ufulu, kukumbatira demokalase, omvera malamulo, anthu okoma mtima omwe amakhala mnyumba yomwe ili paphiri omwe amakhala ndi ndodo yayikulu kuchitira onse zabwino.
Chifukwa chake, chifukwa chomwe timasungira zolakwa zathu motsutsana ndi umunthu sikuti tidziteteze ku malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi - US imadzikhululukira kuulamuliro wamalamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndiko kudzitchinjiriza tokha ku nkhanza zabodza lathu lonena za ubwino wosatha. Boma lathu limagwiritsa ntchito nkhanza zosiyanasiyana zopotozedwa ndi kukayikira komanso kuwuma mtima kutengera lingaliro loti ngati anthu sangawone zomwe mumachita, apereka zomwe mukunenazo kuti zithandizire. Ngati anthu atha kukhala okonzeka kuganiza kuti ndife abwino, tiyenera kukhala.
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Ndikamajambula, ndimayesa kumvetsetsa kufanana pakati pa Daniel Hale ndi Darnella Frazier, mtsikanayo yemwe anali ndi malingaliro kuti atenge kanema wa Derek Chauvin akupha George Floyd. Chauvin anali woteteza komanso wogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za boma. Kwa zaka zambiri chiwawa chosankhana mitundu ndi mphamvu imeneyi chakhala chikuchitika popanda kulangidwa chifukwa boma lenilenilo limapangidwa ndi tsankho. Kupha anthu amtundu sunali mlandu weniweni. Chombo cha drone, chochita zomwe boma likuchita padziko lonse lapansi, chimapha anthu wamba ngati George Floyd popanda zovuta. Mpaka ukadaulo utapangitsa kuti anthu wamba azilemba boma lomwe likuchita zachiwawa ku US, milandu yotereyi idasankhidwa chifukwa makhothi adakondera umboni wabodza wapolisi. Chifukwa chake, a Daniel Hale amayesa kukhala ngati Darnella Frazier, mboni yakupha, koma malamulo achinsinsi amamuletsa kukhala mboni. Bwanji ngati, ataphedwa a George Floyd, apolisi anayiwo adalumbira mboni zonse kubisa, ndikuti iyi ndi bizinesi yapolisi yotetezedwa? Bwanji ngati apolisiwo akadalanda kamera ya Darnella ndikuphwanya kapena kuchotsa kanema kapena kumumanga chifukwa chozonda bizinesi ya apolisi? Pambuyo pake, apolisi ndiwo mboni yodalirika yosakhulupirika. Pankhani ya Hale, Purezidenti Obama akupitiliza kuonera TV ndikulengeza mwamphamvu kuti US ndiwosamala kwambiri kupha zigawenga zokhazokha ndi ma drones. Popanda Darnella Daniel Frazier Hale bodza limenelo limakhala chowonadi.
Funso lomwe limadziwika kuti ndichifukwa chiyani anthu adachita chidwi ndi kuphedwa kwa George Floyd, koma osati umboni wowoneka wa ma drones aku US akupha amuna, akazi, ndi ana osalakwa m'njira yomwe ingangofotokozedwanso kuti ndiwosasamala komanso ena woopsa. Kodi moyo wachiarabu ulibe kanthu? Kapena kodi pali mtundu wina wankhanza womwe ukugwira ntchito pano - George Floyd anali wa fuko lathu, Afghani sali choncho. Momwemonso, ngakhale anthu ambiri amavomereza kuti nkhondo ya Vietnam inali milandu yaboma yaku US, tikukumbukira kuti aku 58,000 aku America adaphedwa ku Vietnam, koma amanyalanyaza 3 mpaka 4 miliyoni aku Vietnam, Laos ndi Cambodians.
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Ndidapeza mawu awa ochokera kwa Amelia Earhart ndikujambula Daniel Hale: "Kulimba mtima ndi mtengo womwe moyo umapereka pobweretsa mtendere." Lingaliro langa loyamba linali kuti amalankhula zakupanga mtendere kunja kwa iwo eni - mtendere pakati pa anthu, midzi, pakati pa mayiko. Koma mwina mtendere wofunikira chimodzimodzi ndi mtendere wopangidwa ndi inu nokha pokhala olimba mtima kuti mugwirizanitse zochita zanu ndi chikumbumtima ndi zolinga zanu.
Kuchita izi kutha kukhala chimodzi mwazovuta komanso zofunika kwambiri pamoyo woyenera. Moyo womwe umafuna kudziphatika mwanjira imeneyi uyenera kutsutsana mwamphamvu ndi mphamvu yomwe ikufuna kuulamulira, uuphwanye kuti uvomereze kukhala membala wa gulu lachete, gulu lankhanza lachitetezo cha tsiku ndi tsiku lomwe mphamvu imagwiritsa ntchito kudzisunga lokha komanso phindu lake . Moyo wotere umakhala ndi zomwe tinganene kuti ndi zolemetsa. Mtolo uwu umavomereza zovuta zomwe zimabwera chifukwa choumirira zomwe chikumbumtima chathu chikufuna. Izi ndizopambana, ulemu wathu ndipo sitingachotsedwe ngakhale atipondereza kwambiri. Ndilo gawo labwino kwambiri, kulimba mtima kotentha kumapereka chisankho. Chokongola ndiye kuwala komwe kumawalira komanso chowonadi. A Daniel Hale adawopa kuyesedwa kuti asakayikire mfundo za drone. Zovuta zinali zolemetsa zomwe anali nazo, kudzipereka kwayekha ndi ulemu. Mphamvu imaganiza kuti mantha anu akulu ndikudziyikira nokha. (Choseketsa, liwu loti 'chifundo;' mphamvu imakhalabe mphamvu chifukwa chofunitsitsa kukhala yopanda chifundo.) A Daniel Hale adawopa kuti sadzadzipatula okha ku nkhanza zoyipa za malingaliro a drone, kuposa momwe adapangidwira kundende. Mwa kudzipangitsa kukhala wosatetezeka kuulamuliro, amawugonjetsa. Mtolo umenewo ndiwokwanira.
Ine sindiri mu bizinesi yopaka oyera. Ndimakonda zolakwa zomwe tonsefe tili, momwe timamenyera -nokha, ndi chikhalidwe chathu-kuti tipambane. Koma pamene munthu achita monga Daniel Hale wachita, amaumirira chikumbumtima chake motsutsana ndi chifuniro cha mphamvu, amadalitsidwa ndi chiyero china. Dalitso lotere lingatinyamule tonsefe ngati tikufuna kumuthandiza, kumuthandiza kunyamula mtolo wake wokwanira. Pogwirira limodzi mgwirizanowu ndiye chiyembekezo cha demokalase. A Marcus Raskin, omwe anayambitsa nawo Institute of Policy Studies, ananena motere: “Demokalase ndi mfundo zake zogwirira ntchito, malamulo, zimafuna malo oti munthu azikhalapo. Malowo ndiye chowonadi. Boma likanama, kapena kuti limapangidwa ngati boma lathu lachitetezo kuti lipititse patsogolo mabodza ndi kudzinyenga, mabungwe athu aswa chikhulupiriro ndi mfundo zofunikira kuboma lamalamulo mu demokalase. ”
A Daniel Hale analibe pokhala pomwe adalowa nawo Gulu Lankhondo. Mnyamata wofatsa wochokera kubanja losavomerezeka. Asitikali adamupatsa bata, dera komanso ntchito. Amamuuzanso kuti azichita nawo nkhanza. Ndipo chinsinsi. Anafuna kuti adziphe. Mawu ake omwe ndalemba pachithunzicho akuti:
"Ndi nkhondo ya drone, nthawi zina anthu asanu ndi anayi mwa khumi omwe amaphedwa ndi osalakwa. Mukuyenera kupha chikumbumtima chanu kuti mugwire ntchito yanu ... Koma ndikadakhala kuti ndikadatani kuti ndithane ndi nkhanza zosatsutsika zomwe ndidapitiliza? Chomwe ndidachita mantha kwambiri ... chinali chiyeso choti ndisakayikire. Chifukwa chake ndidalumikizana ndi mtolankhani wofufuza ... ndikumuuza kuti ndili ndi china chake chomwe anthu aku America akuyenera kudziwa. ”
