Gubha usuku lwe-Armistice, hhayi usuku lwama-Veteran

NguDavid Swanson we I-Humanist

Ungalugubhi uSuku Lomakadebona. Gubha i-Armistice Day esikhundleni salokho.

Ungalugubhi uSuku Lomakadebona - ngenxa yalokho oseluyikho, futhi nakakhulu ngenxa yalokho oluthathelwe indawo futhi lwasulwa esikweni lase-US.

Owayengumongameli we-American Humanist Association uKurt Vonnegut wake wabhala: “Usuku Lwezempi lwalungcwele. Usuku Lomakadebona alukho. Ngakho-ke ngizophonsa uSuku Lomakadebona ehlombe lami. I-Armistice Day ngizoyigcina. angifuni ukulahla noma yiziphi izinto ezingcwele.” I-Vonnegut ehunyushwe ngokuthi “ngcwele” emangalisayo, eyigugu, okufanele iqashwe. Wabala Romeo and Juliet nomculo njengezinto “ezingcwele”.

Ngokuqondile ngehora le-11 losuku lwe-11 lwenyanga ye-11, ku-1918, eminyakeni eyi-100 edlule kulo nyaka ozayo we-11th November, abantu kulo lonke elaseYurophu bayeka ngokuzumayo ukudubula izibhamu komunye nomunye. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, babebulala futhi bethatha izinhlamvu, bewa futhi beklabalasa, bebubula futhi befa, ngezinhlamvu negesi enobuthi. Base bema, ngo-11:00 ekuseni, ikhulu leminyaka eledlule. Bama, ngesimiso. Kwakungekhona ukuthi base bekhathele noma babuyela ezingqondweni. Ngaphambi nangemva kwehora le-11 babemane belandela imiyalo. Isivumelwano se-Armistice esaqeda iMpi Yezwe I sasibeke ihora le-11 njengesikhathi sokuyeka, isinqumo esavumela ukuthi kubulawe amadoda angu-11,000 ngaphezulu emahoreni ayi-6 phakathi kwesivumelwano nehora elimisiwe.

Kodwa lelo hora eminyakeni eyalandela, leso sikhathi sokuphela kwempi okwakufanele iqede yonke impi, leso sikhathi esasiqale umgubho womhlaba wonke wenjabulo nokubuyiselwa kokufana okuthile kwengqondo, kwaba yisikhathi ukuthula, ukukhala kwensimbi, ukukhumbula, nokuzinikela ekuqedeni yonke impi. Kwakuyilokho i-Armistice Day. Kwakungewona umkhosi wempi noma owalabo ababehlanganyela empini, kodwa ngesikhathi impi isiphelile.

ICongress yaphasisa isinqumo se-Armistice Day ngo-1926 ibiza "imisebenzi eklanyelwe ukuqhubekisela phambili ukuthula ngokuthanda okuhle nokuqondana ... imema abantu base-United States ukuthi bagubhe lolu suku ezikoleni nasemabandleni ngemikhosi efanele yobudlelwane bobungane nabo bonke abanye abantu." Kamuva, iCongress yanezela ukuthi u-November 11 kwakuzoba "usuku olunikezelwe ngenjongo yokuthula emhlabeni."

Asinawo amaholidi amaningi kangaka anikezelwe ukuthula esingakwazi ukuwayeka. Ukube i-United States ibiphoqeleka ukuba ichithe iholide lempi, bekuyoba neziningi ongakhetha kuzo, kodwa amaholide okuthula awagcini nje ngokukhula ezihlahleni. Usuku Lomama luphelelwe yincazelo yalo yasekuqaleni. Usuku lukaMartin Luther King lwenziwe lwazungeza i-caricature eshiya konke ukumela ukuthula. Nokho, i-Armistice Day iyabuya.

Usuku lwe-Armistice, njengosuku lokuphikisa impi, lwahlala e-United States kuze kube yiminyaka yawo-1950 futhi isikhathi eside nakwamanye amazwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi Remembrance Day. Kungemva kokuba i-United States ihlube iJapan, yabhubhisa iKorea, yaqala iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, yadala i-CIA, futhi yasungula inxanxathela yezimboni yamasosha enezisekelo ezinkulu ezihlala njalo emhlabeni wonke, lapho uhulumeni wase-US waqamba kabusha uSuku lwe-Armistice njengoSuku Lwama-Veterans ngoJuni. 1, 1954.

Usuku Lwama-Veterans aluselona, ​​kubantu abaningi, usuku lokujabulisa ukuphela kwempi noma ukufisa ukuqedwa kwayo. Usuku Lomakadebona akulona ngisho usuku lokuzilela abashonile noma lokubuza ukuthi kungani ukuzibulala kungumbulali ophambili wamasosha ase-US noma kungani omakadebona abaningi kangaka bengenazindlu. Usuku Lomakadebona aluvamile ukukhangiswa njengomkhosi osekela impi. Kodwa izahluko zeVeterans For Peace zivinjelwe emadolobheni athile amancane namakhulu, unyaka nonyaka, ekubambeni iqhaza kuma-Veterans Day parades, ngezizathu zokuthi aphikisana nempi. Imibukiso ye-Veterans Day nemicimbi emadolobheni amaningi idumisa impi, futhi cishe konke ukudumisa ukuhlanganyela empini. Cishe yonke imicimbi yoSuku Lomakadebona ingeyobuzwe. Bambalwa abakhuthaza “ubuhlobo bobungane nabo bonke abanye abantu” noma basebenzela ukusungulwa “kokuthula komhlaba.”

Kwakungalolu suku oluzayo lwama-Veterans lapho uMongameli uDonald Trump ehlongoze khona umbukiso omkhulu wezikhali emigwaqweni yaseWashington, DC - isiphakamiso sahoxiswa ngenjabulo ngemuva kokuhlangatshezwana nokuphikiswa futhi cishe akukho mdlandla ovela emphakathini, abezindaba, noma amasosha.

Veterans For Peace, engisebenza ebhodini labaluleki bayo, kanye World BEYOND War, engiwumqondisi wazo, izinhlangano ezimbili eziphromotha ukubuyiselwa koSuku Lwezikhali, futhi ezisiza amaqembu nabantu ngabanye ukuthi bathole izinsiza zokubamba imicimbi yoSuku Lwe-Armistice. Bona worldbeyondwar.org/armisticeday

Ngokwesiko lapho omongameli namanethiwekhi kamabonakude bengenabo ubuqili bomcimbi okhombisayo futhi utshelwe esikoleni samabanga aphansi, mhlawumbe kufanele sikuveze ukuthi ukwenqaba usuku lokugubha omakadebona akufani nokudala usuku lokuzonda omakadebona. Eqinisweni, njengoba kuhlongoziwe lapha, kuyindlela yokubuyisela usuku lokugubha ukuthula. Abangane bami kuVeterans For Peace baphikise amashumi eminyaka ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokusebenzela omakadebona kungaba ukuyeka ukudala abaningi babo.

Leso sizathu, sokuyeka ukudala ama-veteran amaningi, sithiywe inkulumo-ze yempi, ngombango wokuthi umuntu angakwazi futhi kufanele "asekele amasosha" - okuvame ukusho ukusekela izimpi, kepha okungasho lutho nhlobo lapho noma yikuphi ukuphikisa. iphakanyiswa encazelweni yayo evamile.

Okudingekayo, yebo, ukuhlonipha nokuthanda wonke umuntu, amasosha noma ngenye indlela, kodwa siyeke ukuchaza ukubamba iqhaza ekubulaweni kwabantu abaningi - okusibeka engozini, kusiphuce, kucekela phansi imvelo, kucekele phansi inkululeko yethu, kugqugquzele ukucwasa kanye nokucwasa ngokwebala nokucwasa, ubungozi. ukuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi, futhi kwenza buthaka ukubusa komthetho - njengohlobo oluthile "lwesevisi." Ukuhlanganyela empini kufanele kulilelwe noma kuzisole, kungabongwa.

Inani elikhulu kunawo wonke lalabo “abanikela ngokuphila kwabo ngenxa yezwe labo” namuhla e-United States benza kanjalo ngokuzibulala. I-Veterans Administration iye yasho amashumi eminyaka ukuthi isibikezelo esisodwa esingcono kakhulu sokuzibulala ukulwa necala. Ngeke ukubone lokho kukhangiswa kuma-Veterans Day Parade amaningi. Kodwa kuyinto eqondwa yinhlangano ekhulayo yokuqeda sonke isikhungo sempi.

IMpi Yezwe I, iMpi Enkulu (engiyithatha njengeyinkulu cishe kumqondo we-Make America Great Again), kwakuyimpi yokugcina lapho ezinye zezindlela abantu abasakhuluma futhi bacabange ngazo ngempi empeleni zaziyiqiniso. Ukubulala kwenzeka ikakhulukazi ezinkundleni zempi. Abashonile baningi kunabalimele. Izisulu zezempi zazingaphezu kwezakhamuzi. Lezi zinhlangothi zombili, ngokwengxenye enkulu, zazingahlomile yizinkampani zezikhali ezifanayo. Impi yayisemthethweni. Futhi abantu abaningi abahlakaniphe ngempela bakholelwa ukuthi impi ilele ngobuqotho base beshintsha imiqondo yabo. Konke lokho kuhambe nomoya, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyakuvuma noma cha.

Impi manje isiwukubulala ohlangothini olulodwa, ikakhulukazi emoyeni, ngokungekho emthethweni, azikho izinkundla zempi ezibonwayo - izindlu kuphela. Abalimele baningi kunabashonile, kodwa awekho amakhambi enziwe amanxeba engqondo. Izindawo lapho izikhali zenziwa khona kanye nezindawo lapho izimpi zilwelwa khona azishayisani kancane. Izimpi eziningi zinezikhali zase-US - kanti ezinye zinezilwi eziqeqeshwe yi-US - ezinhlangothini eziningi. Iningi labashonile nabalimele abahlali, kanjalo nalabo abahlukumezekile nalabo abangenamakhaya. Futhi inkulumo esetshenziswa ukugqugquzela impi ngayinye igugile njengoba isho iminyaka engu-100 yokuthi impi ingaqeda impi. Ukuthula kungaqeda impi, kodwa kuphela uma siyazisa futhi siyigubha.