NguDavid Swanson, othathwe kuwo Humanist
I-headline kule ntwasahlobo eyadlulayo yathi ngethuba lokuqala, ngaphezu kwesigamu se-poll abaphendule emhlabeni jikelele bathi bazibona bebaninzi belizwe njengabemi belizwe. Babethetha ntoni xa bethetha oko?
Okokuqala, ukunciphisa intliziyo yenani labafundi abathile base-US kufuneka sichaze ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo abazange bathethe ukuba bafungele ukunyaniseka ku-rhu lumente wehlabathi elifihlakeleyo ixesha elide kude kube nguMnyama oMnyama uqoqe konke ukukhanya okuvela kuMbutho, okanye kude kube ngumama, i-apple pie, kunye nolawulo oluyingcwele lwentlanga luphelelwa ngumlilo kwiintlanga zamaSathana. Ndiyazi njani oku? Kwenye into, into eninzi iseplanethi iyayiqonda into eyahlukileyo yemfihlo. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, yintoni ekhutshwe apha apha i-poll iphendulela isimo sengqondo, kungekhona iimeko zabo. Kwiintlanga ezininzi iimpendulo zazicatshulwa ngokulinganayo; isiqingatha sabantu sasingalunganga, babenengqondo eyahlukileyo.
Sekunjalo, bathetha ntoni?
E-United States, ngokumangalisayo, iipesenti ezingama-22 zabaphenduli ekucingelwa ukuba bavuma ngokuqinileyo ukuba bazibona njengabemi behlabathi, ngelixa elinye iipesenti ezingama-21 zivumile. Ungavuma njani ngandlela thile kunye nokukhetha okukhethiweyo andinayo le ngcamango, kodwa ndicinga ukuba bayenzile. Yiyo iipesenti ezingama-43 zokuvuma ngokupheleleyo okanye ngandlel 'ithile kwilizwe lokuphakamisa iflegi ngokungafaniyo, ukuba uyakholelwa-okanye ukuba ayithethi lukhulu.
ICanada ingaphezulu kancinci kwiipesenti ezingama-53. Kodwa, kwakhona, kuthetha ntoni? Ngaba abaphenduli bothuka ukuba bavumelane nengcamango enengqiqo ababengazange bayive ikhankanywa ngaphambili? Ngaba imbinana eyomeleleyo ikhanyiselwe ngaphaya kobuzwe obuqhelekileyo? I-Russia, i-Jamani, i-Chile kunye ne-Mexico zazingachazwanga njengabemi behlabathi. Ngaba kufuneka sikujongele phantsi oko? INigeria, iTshayina, iPeru neIndiya bezineyona ndawo iphezulu. Ngaba kufuneka siyilingise loo nto? Ngaba abantu bayazifanela nobuntu okanye ilizwe labo okanye baxhasa umnqweno wabo wokufuduka, okanye ngokuchasene neminqweno yabanye yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe? Okanye ngaba abantu abaqeshwe kwi-capitalised global ngokwenene bajikela ekuthandeni ubuzwe?
Ndisoloko ndicinga ukuba ukuba abantu bayayeka ukuthetha ngomntu wokuqala malunga nezopolitiko zelizwe labo, kwaye baqale ukuchonga bonke abantu, sinokufumana uxolo. Ngoko ndifanisa "ummi wehlabathi jikelele" kunye neziphumo ze-poll ye-2014 eyabuza ukuba abantu baya kukulungela ukulwa kwimfazwe yelizwe labo. Iziphumo zaloo poll nazo zazikhuthaza ngokukhawuleza, kunye namaqela anamandla kumazwe amaninzi athi akayi kulwa imfazwe. Kodwa akukho kubonakala ngathi kulungelelaniso phakathi kweefowuni ezimbini. Ngaphandle kokuba sinokufumana indlela yokulungisa ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo, akubonakali ukuba ngummi wehlabathi jikelele kwaye wenqaba ukulwa nantoni na efana ngokufanayo. Amazwe anomhlaba kwaye akafuni ukulwa neemfazwe. Amazwe "abemi bomhlaba wonke" kwaye akafuni ukulwa neemfazwe.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuzimisela-ukulwa nezimpendulo kuyingozi. I-United States ineemfazwe ezininzi kunye nokusebenza, iiofisi zokuqesha kwiidolophu ezininzi, kunye neepesenti ze-44 zelizwe ziqinisekisa ukuba ziya kulwa xa kukho imfazwe. (Zibaphi na?) Iimpendulo zemihlali yomhlaba wonke zinokungabi nantoni na. Sekunjalo, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba iCanada ixhomekeke kwihlabathi jikelele kunye ne-pacifist kune-United States kwiipota ezimbini, ngelixa iintlanga zaseAsia zizinkulu kunabo bonke kubemi bobuzwe kwaye baninzi abazimisele ukuhlala kwiimfazwe (okanye ukwenza loo mabango kwi-pollster) .
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba kuthini, ndithatha ukuba yiindaba ezilungileyo ukuba uninzi lwabantu lubonakalisa ihlabathi. Kuye kuthi ngoku ukwenza oko kuthetha ukuba ku fanele ntoni. Sidinga ukuhlakulela inkolelo kubemi bobuzwe obuqala ngokuqonda bonke abantu emhlabeni, kunye nezinye izinto eziphilayo ngendlela yabo, njengokwabelana kuyo. Ummi wehlabathi akalindelanga ukuba baninzi ngokufanayo nabemi bekhonkco elithile elide, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo bayaqonda ukuba akukho mfazwe onokulwa nabemi.
Asiyidingi ukhetho olucocekileyo okanye ukuphela kweengeniso zemfazwe okanye ukwandiswa kwe-ICC ukubeka umthetho wolawulo kumanye amazwe angaphandle kweAfrika ukwenzela ukudala ubemi bomhlaba. Sifuna nje iingqondo zethu. Kwaye ukuba sifike ngokufanelekileyo engqondweni yethu, zonke ezo zinto zilungele ukuba zilungele ukuba zenzeke.
Ke sicinga njani njengabemi behlabathi? Zama oku: funda inqaku malunga nendawo ekude. Cinga: "Oko kwenzekile kwabanye bethu." Ngokuthi "thina," kuthetha ubuntu. Funda inqaku malunga nabaphembeleli boxolo abaqhankqalaza emfazweni abathi ngokuvakalayo, "Siqhubhisa abantu abamsulwa," ngelixa bezichaza emkhosini wase-US. Sebenza kuyo de ufumane ezi ngxelo zingenakuqondakala. Khangela kwi-Intanethi amanqaku athetha "ngotshaba." Balungise ukuze babonakalise inyani yokuba wonke umntu uneentshaba ezifanayo: imfazwe, ukutshatyalaliswa kwendalo, izifo, indlala, ubuhlanga. Faka endaweni yabo "bona" kunye "nabo bantu" ufake "thina" kwaye "thina bantu."
Oku kunene iprojekti enkulu, kodwa ngokusobala kukho izigidi zabantu esele zichonga kunye nayo, kwaye izandla ezininzi zenza umsebenzi olula. Iimodyuli zokubumba ziyakhuthaza. Siyakwazi ukujonga emva kobuchule bokudala bukaGarry Davis, owamelana nobuzwe njengommi wehlabathi.
Singajonga kwakhona emva kokugqibela kukaMuhammad Ali, owamelana nemfazwe ngezizathu zokuthi abantu abavela kude bezinye iintlanga babalulekile kakhulu, oko-njengoko ilizwi lihamba-zonke iimfazwe yimfazwe yombango kuba bonke abantu bangabantakwabo kunye noodade.
Uxelelwe ukuba ujoyine umkhosi wase-US ngexesha lemfazwe yaseVietnam ekugqibeleni yayiyeke abantu abayizigidi ezilishumi efile kuloo lizwe, eLaos, naseCambodia, uAri wagxotha umsebenzi wakhe kwaye wayezimisele ukuyeka inkululeko yakhe. Wathi, "Ndibambelele entolongweni," watsho ngokungafaniyo nokubonakalisa ukuziphatha kwakhe kokuziphatha nokusemthethweni njengokuthi "udibanisa" into ethile.
"Isazela sam asiyi kuvumela ukuba ndidubule umntakwabo," uAl wathi, "okanye abantu abamnyama, okanye abantu abalambileyo emadakeni amakhulu eMelika. Uze uphendule ntoni? Abazange bambize ngokuthi 'nigger.' Abazange baqambe. Abazange babeke inja kum. Abazange bandibambe ubuzwe bam, badlwengulo babulale umama noyise. Bazithungelele ntoni? Kutheni ndiza kubadubula? Bangabantu abamnyama abamnyama, abantwana abancinci nabantwana, abafazi. Ndingabetha njani abantu abahluphekileyo? Mthabathendele ejele. "
Abantu baseMelika abathobelayo bamgxeka uAli ngokuchasene nemfazwe yase-United States, kodwa abaqulunqi bemfazwe bavuma, emva kweminyaka emashumi, ukuba wayelungile. "Ndicinga ukuba siphosakele," watsho uNobhala owayenguNobhala wezokuThunywa uRobert McNamara. Ngaba abantu base-US bayazi loo nto? Iingqungquthela zibonisa ukuba bambalwa banokuba neengcamango ezichanekileyo zeenombolo zabantu ababulewe eVietnam okanye e-Iraq okanye kwi-Philippines okanye ezinye iimfazwe zase-US. UGeorge Orwell wathi, "Uhlanga lukazwelonke," alugcini nje ukungazivumeli ububi obwenziwe ngecala lakhe, kodwa unamandla okhethekileyo okungafuni ukuva malunga nabo. "Ummi wehlabathi uza kuba nolwazi olungcono.
