Ukubhiyozela uSuku lwe-Armistice, Lusuku lwabaVeteran

NguDavid Swanson Humanist

Musa ukubhiyozela uSuku lweeVeterans. Ukubhiyozela uSuku lwe-Armistice esikhundleni.

Musa ukubhiyozela uSuku lweeVeterans - ngenxa yokuba sele lwenzekile, kwaye nangakumbi ngenxa yento ethathe indawo kwaye yatshitshiswa kwinkcubeko yase-US.

Owayesakuba nguMongameli woMbutho wamaZwe aseMelika uKurt Vonnegut wakhe wabhala wathi: “Usuku lweArmistice lwalungcwele. Usuku lwaMagqala alunjalo. Ke ndiza kuyiphosa uSuku loMagqala egxalabeni lam. Ndiza kuyigcina uSuku lweArmistice. Andifuni kulahla izinto ezingcwele. ” UVonnegut wayethetha “ngcwele” ngokumangalisayo, enexabiso, exabisa ukuxabiseka. Uludwe Romeo noJuliet kunye nomculo njengezinto "ezingcwele" izinto.

Ngokukodwa kwihora le-11th yosuku lwe-11th lwenyanga ye-11th, kwi-1918, iminyaka eyi-100 eyadlulayo kule nguNovemba 11th, abantu baseYurophu bakhawuleza bayeka ukudubula izibhamu. Kwada kwaloo mzuzwana, babulala baze bathabathe iinqwelo, behla bekhala, bekhala baze bafe, bevela kwiibhola kunye negesi yobuthi. Emva koko bayeka, kwi-11: 00 ekuseni, inkulungwane yokuqala edlulileyo. Bayekile, ngexesha. Kwakungenjalo ukuba babediniwe okanye beza kwiingqondo zabo. Bobabini ngaphambi nangemva kwe11 ntsimbi babemlandela nje imiyalelo. Isivumelwano seArmsistice esiphelile iMfazwe Yehlabathi I samisa i-11 yexesha ukuyeka ixesha, isigqibo esivumela ukuba amadoda angama-11,000 abulawe kwiiyure ze-6 phakathi kwesivumelwano kunye neyure echongiweyo.

Kodwa elo lixa kwiminyaka elandelayo, loo mzuzu wokuphela kwemfazwe ekufuneka iphelise yonke imfazwe, loo mzuzu owawunqamle ukubhiyozela umhlaba wonke kunye nokubuyiselwa kwezinto ezinjengobungcola, waba yinto ukuthula, intsimbi yokukhala, yokukhumbula, nokuzinikezela ekupheliseni yonke imfazwe. Yiyo loo nto uSuku lwe-Armistice. Kwakungekho imibhiyozo yemfazwe okanye yalabo bathatha inxaxheba kwimfazwe, kodwa okwangoku imfazwe iphelile.

I-Congress yadlulisela isisombululo soSuku lwe-Armistice kwi-1926 ebiza ukuba "ukuzilolonga kulungiselelwe ukuqhubela uxolo ngokuthanda okuhle kunye nokuqonda ngokubanzi ... ukumema abantu baseUnited States ukuba bagcine usuku kwizikolo nakwiisetyana kunye nemibhiyozo efanelekileyo yobudlelwane bobuhlobo nabo bonke abanye abantu." Kamva, iCongress yongezelela ukuba ngoNovemba i-11th yayiza kuba "usuku olunikezelwe ngenxa yoxolo lwehlabathi."

Asinayo iholide ezininzi ezinikezelwe uxolo esinokukwazi ukuzinceda. Ukuba iUnited States yaphoqelelwa ukuba ikhefu leemfazwe, yayiza kuba neeninzi eziza kukhetha kuzo, kodwa iiholide zoxolo azikhulumi nje kwimithi. Usuku lukaMama luye lwacinywa intsingiselo yalo yokuqala. UMartin Luther King Day uye wenziwa nge-caricature eshiya konke ukuphakamisa uxolo. Noko ke, usuku lwe-Armistice Day, luya kubuya.

Usuku lwe-Armistice, njengosuku lokuphikisa imfazwe, lwaluhlala eUnited States malunga ne-1950 kunye nangaphezulu kumazwe angaphantsi kwegama igama lokukhunjulwa. Kwakuphela emva kokuba iUnited States idlulele eJapan, yachitha iKorea, yaqalisa iMfazwe yeCold, yakha i-CIA, yaza yakha isakhiwo esinesigxina sezemikhosi kunye neziseko ezinzulu ezisisigxina emhlabeni wonke, ukuba urhulumente wase-US wabiza uSuku lwe-Armistice njengoSuku lwamaVeter ngoJuni 1, 1954.

Usuku lwabaVeterli alusekho, ngenxa yabantu abaninzi, usuku lokunyamezela ukuphela kwemfazwe okanye ukufuna ukupheliswa kwayo. Usuku lwamaVeter aluyiyo imini yokulila abafileyo okanye ukubuza ukuba kungani ukuzibulala kungumbulali ophezulu wamajoni ase-US okanye ukuba kutheni amaninzi amaninzi angenazo izindlu. Usuku lwabaVeterli aluvakalisi ngokubanzi njengombhiyozo wempi. Kodwa isahluko se-Veterans For Peace sivinjelwe kwezinye iidolophana kunye ezinkulu, unyaka emva konyaka, ukusuka ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwiintsuku zoMkhosi weeVeterans, ngenxa yokuba zichasa imfazwe. Usuku lweeVeterans kunye neziganeko kwiidolophu ezininzi zidumisa imfazwe, kwaye yonke inxaxheba idumisa inxaxheba kwimfazwe. Phantse zonke iimbasa zeSuku seVeterans zizwe. Bambalwa abakhuthaza "ubudlelwane bobuhlobo nabo bonke abanye abantu" okanye basebenze ekumiseni "uxolo lwehlabathi."

Ngaloo Mhla woLutsha lwezaMkhosi uMongameli uDonald Trump wayecebise izixhobo ezikhulu ezitratweni zaseWashington, DC - isiphakamiso sikhoxisiwe emva kokuba sihlangane nenkcaso kwaye phantse akukho nxanxathelwano kuluntu, kumajelo okanye kwimikhosi.

Amanqatha Oxolo, ebhodini labo elicebisayo mna, kunye World BEYOND War, endikulo mlawuli, yimibutho emibini ekhuthaza ukubuyiswa koSuku lwe-Armistice, kwaye ukuncedisa amaqela kunye nabantu ngabanye bafumana izixhobo zokugcina imicimbi ye-Armistice Day. Bona worldbeyondwar.org/armisticeday

Kwinkcubeko apho abaongameli nabanokungcebeleka kumabonwakude bengabikho ubuqhetseba besiganeko sokuvakalisa isikolo esikolweni, mhlawumbi kubalulekile ukubonisa ukuba ukugatya umkhosi wokubhiyozela iintshatsheli akukona into efana nokudala usuku lokuthiwa ngabadlali bezilwanyana. Enyanisweni, njengoko kucetyiswa apha, indlela yokubuyisela usuku lokubhiyozela uxolo. Abahlobo bam kwiiVeterans For Peace baye baxubusha iminyaka emininzi ukuba indlela efanelekileyo yokunceda abadlali be-veterans iya kukuyeka ukudala ngaphezulu kwabo.

Ngenxa yoko, ukuyeka ukudala amaqhawe amaninzi, kugxininiswa yi-propaganda ye-troopism, ngokubambisana ukuba umntu unokukwazi kwaye "kufuneka axhasane nemikhosi" - ngokuqhelekileyo ithetha ukuxhasa iimfazwe, kodwa oko kungenakuthetha nto nantoni na xa iphikisana iphakanyiselwa kwingqiqo yayo yesiqhelo.

Okokufunayo, ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuhlonipha nokuthanda wonke umntu, imikhosi okanye enye indlela, kodwa ukuyeka ukuchaza ukuthatha inxaxheba ekubulaleni obunzima - okusibeka kumngcipheko, kusonakalisa, kubhubhisa indawo yendalo, kuphazamisa inkululeko yethu, kukhuthaza ukuxhatshazwa kwabantu nokucwasana nokuxhatshazwa kwabantu, ingozi inkunkuma yenyukliya, kwaye inobuthakathaka umthetho wolawulo - njengolunye uhlobo "lwenkonzo." Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwimfazwe kufuneka kuliliwe okanye kuzisole, kungekhona.

Inani elikhulu kunalabo "abanikela ubomi babo kwilizwe labo" namhlanje eUnited States benza oko ngokuzibulala. Ulawulo lwe-Veterans luthi ngamashumi eminyaka ukuba omnye umntu onokuzibulala ngokuzikhethela ukuzibulala. Awuyi kubona loo nto ivakaliswe kwiiNtsuku ezininzi zeeVeterans Day. Kodwa into eqondwa yintlangano ekhulayo yokuphelisa lonke iziko lemfazwe.

Imfazwe Yehlabathi I, iMfazwe Enkulu (endiyithathayo ukuba ndibe mkhulu malunga ne-Make America Great Again), yinto yemfazwe yokugqibela apho ezinye iindlela abantu basathetha ngazo nokucinga ngemfazwe ngokwenene. Ukubulawa kwabantu kwenzeka kakhulu kwimfazwe. Abafileyo babenabantu abangenakubalwa. Imfazwe yabasemagunyeni yayingaphezulu kwabemi. Amacandelo amabini ayengabikho, ngenxa yeyona nto ininzi, exhotywe yiinkampani ezifanayo. Imfazwe yayisemthethweni. Kwaye abaninzi abantu abanengqiqo bekholelwa ukuba imfazwe ibubuxoki kwaye yatshintsha ingqondo yabo. Yonke loo nto ihambe nomoya, nokuba siyakhathalela ukuyivuma okanye cha.

Imfa ngoku ixhaswe ngamacala omnye, ikakhulukazi evela emoyeni, ngokungekho mthethweni mthethweni, akukho mabala emfazwe emehlweni - kuphela izindlu. Ixhoba lingaphezulu kwelabafileyo, kodwa akukho unyango oluye lwaphuhliswa ngenxa yamanxeba engqondo. Iindawo apho izixhobo zenziwe khona kwaye iindawo apho iimfazwe zithintela khona. Iimfazwe ezininzi zinezixhobo zase-US - kwaye ezinye zinezixhobo eziqeqeshwe yi-US-kumacala amaninzi. Uninzi lwabafileyo kunye nabalimala bengabantu, njengokuba baxhatshazwa kwaye abo bangenakhaya. Kwaye inkolelo esetyenziselwa ukukhuthaza imfazwe nganye inqabile njengokuba uneminyaka eyi-100 ithi imfazwe inokuphelisa imfazwe. Uxolo lunokuphelisa imfazwe, kodwa kuphela xa sixabisa kwaye siyigubha.