Lixesha lokuyeka ubuhlanya! 

NguJohn Miksad, World BEYOND War, Agasti 5, 2022

IHiroshima kunye neNagasaki zatshatyalaliswa kwiminyaka engama-77 eyadlulayo kule veki. Iziqhushumbisi ezimbini ezawisa iUnited States kwezo zixeko zabulala abantu abamalunga nama-200,000, uninzi lwabo ingabemi. Ukuthelekisa ezo bhombu nezixhobo zanamhlanje kufana nokuthelekisa i-colonial era musket kunye ne-AR-15. Ngoku sinokubuphelisa ubomi beebhiliyoni ngokucofa iqhosha. Xa uqwalasela ezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana esinokuzitshabalalisa, inani labantu abaphulukene “namakhowa” laya kutsho kwiitriliyoni. Umphumo uya kuba kukutshatyalaliswa kwenxalenye enkulu yobomi emhlabeni.

MAD= Ukutshatyalaliswa Okuqinisekisiweyo, elona xesha labacwangcisi bemfazwe yenyukliya.

Cinga ngeebhiliyoni zeminyaka yomsebenzi wendaleko oya kutshitshiswa.

Cinga ngayo yonke into eyenziwe ngookhokho bethu kwaye bayidlulisela kuthi… itshisiwe.

Cinga ngabo bonke ubugcisa, uncwadi, umculo, imibongo eyenziwe ngabantu ukutyhubela amawaka eminyaka…usemsi. Ubukrelekrele bukaShakespeare, uMichelangelo, uBeethoven… butshatyalalisiwe.

Cinga ngayo yonke into oyisebenzeleyo, oyicwangcisele, onethemba layo… iphelile.

Cinga ngaye wonke umntu omthandayo ecinyiwe ebusweni bomhlaba.

Ekuphela kwento eya kusala kukufa nokubandezeleka.

Umntu, oye wabulala kakhulu kubomi bakhe obufutshane kwesi sijikelezi-langa, uya kuba wenze olona lwaphulo-mthetho lukhulu…ukubulala…ukubulala bonke ubomi.

Abo “banethamsanqa” ngokwaneleyo lokusinda kuya kufuneka babandezeleke kwintshabalalo eyityhefu.

Umphumo wokutshabalalisa kuya kuba kubi ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na ababhali be-dystopian abake bacinga.

Konke ngenxa yesigqibo esinye esibi, isenzo esinye esibi, ukubala okuphosakeleyo, impazamo yenkqubo enye, okanye ukudityaniswa okuthile kwezi ziganeko.

Ngelixa zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni zijinga emngciphekweni, siqhubeka nobomi bethu. Senze into engaqhelekanga, eyenyanyekayo, nephambeneyo. Siphantsi kwesoyikiso esiqhubekayo. Asibuqondi ngokupheleleyo ukwenzakala ngokwasengqondweni…uloyiko kunye nexhala esiba nalo kwinqanaba elithile leengqondo zethu zomntu ngamnye nezihlangeneyo ezisokola ukulwa nentshabalalo yethu ekhoyo kwindawo yonke. Ikrele lenyukliya leDamocles lijinga ngaphezulu kweentloko zethu ngelixa sisitya, silala, sisebenza kwaye sidlala.

Ikamva lethu ngokudibeneyo lisezandleni zabantu abalithoba abalawula iimfazwe zenyukliya ezili-13,000 ehlabathini…ezi zixhobo zokutshabalalisa. Abantu abasithoba abaneziphene baneendlela zokutshabalalisa zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Ngaba ngokwenene silungile ngale nto? Ngaba sibathemba ngobomi bomntu wonke esimaziyo nesimthandayo? Alidlulanga ixesha lokujonga impilo?

Akukho mntu ukhuselekile. Le mfazwe yadlulela ngaphaya kwethafa ledabi kwakudala. Imigca engaphambili ikumazwe onke, kuzo zonke iidolophu nezixeko, kwiyadi yangasemva, nakumagumbi okulala abantwana bakho nabazukulwana.

Abanye bacinga ngezixhobo zenyukliya njenge-inshorensi yobomi. Bacinga ukuba nangona singafuni ukuzisebenzisa, kulungile ukuba nazo xa sizifuna. Le ndlela yokucinga ayinakuba iphosakele ngakumbi. Ekubeni ezi zixhobo zikhona, kuye kwakho ii-miss ezikufutshane kunye neefowuni ezikufutshane kunokuba nawuphi na umntu oqiqayo angakhululeka. Sisinde kwimbubhiso ngethamsanqa!

Izazinzulu ziyavumelana noko; sisengozini enkulu ngoku. Logama zisekho ezi zixhobo zokutshabalalisa, umbuzo awukho if ziya kusetyenziswa, kodwa nini, ngelo xesha sifumana mhlawumbi imizuzu engama-30 yokuvalelisa. Ugqatso lwezixhobo lwanamhlanje alusenzi sikhuseleke; basibeka esichengeni sonke ngoxa besenza abavelisi bezixhobo babe zizityebi.

Akunyanzelekanga ukuba kube ngolu hlobo. Kukho indlela yokuba nokhuseleko lokwenene kunye nokhuseleko, impilo kunye nokuphila kakuhle. AmaRashiya, amaTshayina, ama-Irani, nama-North Korea akufuneki abe ziintshaba zethu.

Zimbini kuphela iindlela zokuphelisa utshaba… nokuba umtshabalalise okanye umenze umhlobo wakho. Ukunikezelwa kwezixhobo ekuthethwa ngazo, ukutshabalalisa utshaba kuqinisekisa ukutshatyalaliswa kwethu. Sisivumelwano sokubulala/sokuzibulala. Oko kushiya ukhetho olunye kuphela. Kufuneka sithethe ngeeyantlukwano zethu kwaye siguqule iintshaba zethu zibe ngabahlobo bethu. Lifikile ixesha lokuqonda le nto ubungenakuyicingela ngaphambili.

Bonke abantu bazo zonke izizwe bajongene nezoyikiso ezinxulumene nobhubhani, iintlekele zemozulu, kunye nembubhiso yenyukliya. Ezi zoyikiso zikhoyo azinakusonjululwa nasiphi na isizwe esinye. Ezi zoyikiso zehlabathi zifuna izisombululo zehlabathi. Basinyanzela ukuba samkele iparadigm entsha. Sifuna ingxoxo, idiplomacy, amaziko ezizwe ngezizwe edemokhrasi eyomeleleyo, kunye nepotifoliyo ebanzi yezivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe eziqinisekisayo nezinyanzeliswayo zokuphelisa imfazwe ukunciphisa uloyiko nokwakha ukuthembana.

Izixhobo zenyukliya zi zonke ezingekho mthethweni. Kukho amazwe alithoba akhohlakeleyo aqhubeka esoyikisa sonke ngezixhobo zawo zenyukliya…i-United States, iRashiya, iChina, iNgilane, iFransi, i-Israel, i-Indiya, iPakistan, kunye neNorth Korea. Oorhulumente bezi zizwe kufuneka batyhalelwe ukuba bamkele le paradigm intsha. Babambekile kwiparadigm yakudala yemidlalo ye-zero-sum, "inokwenza okulungileyo," kwaye baphathe umhlaba njenge-geopolitical chessboard ngelixa besilwa ngomhlaba, ubutyebi, okanye ingcamango. UMartin Luther King wayenyanisile xa wayesithi mhlawumbi siya kufunda ukuhlala kunye njengabazalwana noodade okanye siya kubhubha kunye njengezidenge.

Asinakukwazi ukushiya zonke izinto eziphilayo kwesi sijikelezi-langa sihle zisezandleni zabantu abasithoba. Aba bantu kunye noorhulumente babo bakhethe ngokuqonda okanye bengazi ukuba basigrogrise sonke. Thina bantu sinamandla okuguqula oko. Kufuneka nje siyilolonge.

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UJohn Miksad yiSahluko Coördinator nge World Beyond War.