NguRobert C. Koehler
http://commonwonders.com/
Ihlabathi lalinqanda uthando kwaye waya emfazweni. Waye ngumkhosi omnye - omnye omnye, ebeka amacebo akhe kwintuthumbo efihlakeleyo, eceba “imini yempindezelo” yakhe.
"Abadubuli bazibona bengoohlwaya abaziphatha ngokungekho sikweni ngokunzulu," Peter Turchin wabhala kunyaka onesiqingatha eyadlulayo, emva kwendyikitya yokufa yaseSandy Hook. Kwisincoko sakhe, esinesihloko esoyikekayo esithi “Canaries in a Coal Mine,” esapapashwa kwiSocial Evolution Forum, uphawula indlela enyukayo yokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yee-'60s, bande ngokuphindwe kalishumi. Kukho into engahambi kakuhle kwilizwe esilidalileyo.
Ababulali basoloko bechazwa njengabantu ababodwa . . . izilo, ii-psychopaths. Abafani nathi, kwaye ke iinjongo zokubulala zifunwa kuphela kwinkunkuma yobomi babo - kwimibhalo engasemva ngasemva kunye neevidiyo zeYouTube, iingxelo zengqondo, ukubonakaliswa kwamaqhekeza abazanayo - kwaye abayonto enye. kunezinto eziyinyumba, ezinohlobo lwexabiso lokuzonwabisa lokwenyani-kamabonakude.
Ke kuye kwavela ukuba u-Elliot Rodger, oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala owabulala abafundi abathandathu base-UC Santa Barbara, emva koko wazibulala, kwiveki ephelileyo e-Isla Vista, eCalif., Wavalelwa ngaphandle konxibelelwano lwabantu, wabethelelwa kwibhokisi yokuziva yedwa. Wabhala kweyakhe iphephancwadi kwiminyaka ethile ngaphambili:
“Ndandikulangazelela ukufumana ubomi endizaziyo ukuba bundifanele; ubomi bokufunwa ngamantombazana anomtsalane, ubomi besondo kunye nothando. Amanye amadoda ayakwazi ukuphila ubomi obunjalo . . . ngoku kutheni ingendim? Ndifanele! Ndiyinzwakazi, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ihlabathi lindiphethe ngenye indlela. Ndimiselwe izinto ezinkulu.”
Ngokungafaniyo nabantu abaninzi abanesithukuthezi - kodwa njengabo bonke abanye abenza izihloko ezikhalayo ngenxa yobulolo babo - wafuna isisombululo somkhosi kwiingxaki zakhe. Iintshaba zakhe zabuphanzisa ubomi bakhe, ngoko ke waxhobela, wawalandela. “Waya emfazweni” yaye, ngokwenjenjalo, wayibonisa isidima imeko awayekuyo waza wayithethelela ikhondo lakhe. Ukuyibiza ngokuthi "imfazwe" sisizathu esiphantse sangena moya sobundlobongela-sokubulala.
Uphawu olwahlulayo lokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi - ukubulawa kwabantu abangabaziyo ngokupholileyo - ayikuko ukuba amaxhoba ayenzeka ngokungaqhelekanga, kodwa ngandlel 'ithile afanekisela "ububi obunzulu" obucingelwayo umbulali afuna ukubuphelisa. Amaxhoba u-Elliot Rodger wawafuna, emva kokuhlaba kuqala abulala abahlali ababini kunye nondwendwe kwigumbi lakhe, babengamalungu obubi bendawo: iisimboli zabafazi ababemale ubomi bakhe bonke. Wathi akuba engakwazi ukungena kweso sakhiwo, waqalisa ukudubula abantu abakummandla, ababengabafundi beekholeji bonke.
Kwisincoko sakhe, uTurchin wachaza “umgaqo wokuthathela indawo ekuhlaleni”: ukubona umbutho othile, iziko, uhlanga, ubuzwe, uluntu—okanye nantoni na—njengesoyikiso kwintlalontle yomntu kwaye, ke ngoko, ukubamba nabani na onxulumene naloo mbutho njengenxalenye. “Enye” ekhohlakeleyo, ngaloo ndlela ifuna ukutshatyalaliswa. Yiloo nto kanye ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi. Bunjalo ke ubunqolobi. Yile nto imfazwe.
UTurchin wabhala wathi: “Edabini, ufanele uzame ukubulala umntu ongazange umbone ngaphambili. Awuzami ukubulala lo mntu uthile, udubula kuba enxibe iyunifomu yotshaba. Inokuba nguye nawuphi na omnye umntu, kodwa okoko benxibe iyunifomu efanayo, ubuya kubadubula. Amajoni eentshaba anokuthatyathelwa indawo ekuhlaleni. Njengoko besitsho kwiimuvi zemigulukudu, ‘akukho nto yobuqu, lishishini kuphela.’”
Eyona nto iphambili kuyo yonke le nto kukuba lixesha lokuyeka ukubiza ababulali abaninzi ngokuba “ngamalolo,” nangona ngokungathandabuzekiyo bazibiza ngolo hlobo. Lixesha lokuba siyeke ukubabona bebodwa kuluntu olukhulu - kuluntu lwethu - abayinxalenye yalo, nokuba bayayazi okanye abayazi. Lixesha lokuba uvume kwaye uqalise ukuphonononga ukudityaniswa okuntsonkothileyo kokulungileyo nokubi, okulungileyo nokubi. Lixesha lokuba sifikelele kubulumko obunzulu esinokuqonda ngabo, kwaye siqalise ukuphilisa, iingxaki zethu zentlalo eziya zisanda.
“Eqhutywa ngamandla othando,” uPierre Teilhard de Chardin wabhala wathi ekuqaleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, “iingceba zehlabathi zifunana ukuze ihlabathi libekho.”
Kukho into engahambi kakuhle. Amaqhekeza ehlabathi ajikelana. Bayabulalana.
Ukubulawa kwabantu e-Isla Vista kwenzeka kanye ngaphambi koSuku lweSikhumbuzo, usuku oludume kakubi lokungaboni ngasonye malunga nokuba ngubani kunye nento ekufuneka siyikhumbule. Indibano yokukhumbula “umbingelelo wemikhosi yethu” ifuna ukuba sihlale sikhumbula, ngokunjalo, notshaba oluhlala lusithe nca esasikhuselwe kulo. Ukuzithoba kwiintshaba zexesha elidlulileyo, ngoku (mhlawumbi) abalingane bethu, iintshaba zekamva.
Inokuthi nje kubizwe ngokuba luSuku loLuhlu lweNtlalo, ngaphandle kokuba sinzulu kwaye sandise intsingiselo yalo kwaye sivumele ukukhunjulwa kosuku ukuba kubandakanye ulwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu macala onke emfazweni - ngaphandle kokuba sikhumbula ukuba impi, njengobuhlanga kunye nokuziphatha kakubi, ziintshaba zokwenene. .
"Inkcazo kunye nokusebenza kwemfazwe kunye nenkcazo kunye nokusebenza kokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi," Ndabhala kulo nyaka uphelileyo, “ibe neengqungquthela ezothusayo. Sahlula kwaye sicanda uhlanga loluntu; abanye abantu baba lutshaba, kungekhona ngokobuqu kodwa nje ingqiqo engabonakaliyo - 'bona' - kwaye sikhupha isixa esimangalisayo sobutyebi bethu kunye nobuchule bokuyila iindlela zokubabulala. Xa siyibiza imfazwe, iqhelekile kwaye ilungile njengephayi yeapile. Xa sikubiza ngokuba kukubulala abantu abaninzi, akukho nto intle kangako.”
Kwaye imikhosi yezigidi izala imikhosi enye.
URobert Koehler ungumklomelo, umlobi we-Chicago-based and writer's syndicated writer. Yakhe incwadi, Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda (I-Xenos Press), iyafumaneka. Nxibelelana naye koehlercw@gmail.com okanye tyelela iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
