Ungafaki Ababulali Kumabhokisi Okusanhlamvu

Imikhankaso yezikhalazo eku-inthanethi yethulwe kuleli sonto ukumisa i-Wal-Mart ekuthengiseni isosha lakwa-Israel imvunulo ye-Halloween futhi ithole okusanhlamvu kwe-Wheaties ukuze iqale ukubeka amasosha ase-U.S. emabhokisini ayo okusanhlamvu - amabhokisi aziwa ngokubonisa izithombe zabasubathi abavelele.

Le mikhankaso yomibili ayinabudlelwano. I-Wheaties, ngokwazi kwami, ayizange ibonise intshisekelo encane yokwenza lokho incwadi yezikhalazo eyicela ukuba ikwenze.

Ngingathanda ukuthi i-Wal-Mart kanye nazo zonke ezinye izitolo ziyeke ukuthengisa konke (hhayi nje kwa-Israel) amasosha kanye nazo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zemvunulo ehlomile, ebulalayo, okuhlanganisa nekusasa lesayensi yezinganekwane. I-star wars nanoma yikuphi okunye. Impela, kuyinkinga ethile ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US unikeza u-Israyeli izigidigidi zamadola ezikhali zamahhala minyaka yonke azohlasela ngazo izakhamizi, kanye nalabo abazongenela ukhetho lobumongameli e-United States. ziphathe njengokungathi bakhankasela ukumela u-Israyeli. Kodwa uma uphikisana nokugubha ukubulala, okuhlanganisa nokubulala okuhleliwe okugunyazwe nguhulumeni, khona-ke uphikisana nakho konke okujwayelekile nokugqugquzelayo.

Ngakho-ke, ngiyakuphikisa futhi ukukhazimulisa “amasosha ethu” emabhokisini okusanhlamvu. Okokuqala, ihlanganisa umqondo womsubathi nombono wesosha (engiwusebenzisa lapha njengesifinyezo setilosi, i-Marine, i-airman, umshayeli we-drone, i-mercenary, amandla akhethekile, njll, njll.). Umsubathi akabulali muntu, akhubaze muntu, ajikijela indlu yanoma ngubani, ahlukumeze noma yibaphi abantwana, aketule uhulumeni wanoma ngubani, afake isiphithiphithi emhlabeni, akhiqize amaqembu anodlame azonda izwe lami, aqedele umnotho womphakathi u-$1,000,000,000,000. unyaka, athethelele ukuphucwa kwenkululeko yomphakathi egameni lezimpi zenkululeko, acekele phansi imvelo, awise i-napalm noma i-phosphorus emhlophe, asebenzise i-DU, abophe abantu ngaphandle kwecala, ahlukumeze, noma athumele imicibisholo emishadweni nasezibhedlela ebulala ongaziwa ngokungaqondakali. isisulu kubo bonke abantu abangu-10 ababulewe. Umsubathi udlala ezemidlalo.

Qaphela ukuthi angiphakamisi futhi ukuthi sibeke amasosha emabhokisini okusanhlamvu anezimpondo zikadeveli ezifakwe emakhanda awo, siwasole ngamaphutha omphakathi wonke azalelwe kuwo. Impela, ngiyabasola. Impela, ngingathanda ukugubha abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza. Kodwa kukhona ukuduka okucishe kufane nendawo yonke esikweni lethu elithi uma usola umuntu ngokuthile, ukhulula wonke umuntu. Ngakho-ke, nakuba kungenangqondo, abantu bahumusha ukusola isosha ngokubamba iqhaza empini njengokungasoli omongameli, amalungu eCongress, ama-propagand, abenza inzuzo, nabo bonke abanye abasize ukwenza leyo mpi yenzeke. Eqinisweni, ukusola kuningi okungenamkhawulo, futhi wonke umuntu uthola okuthile, kuhlanganise nami. Kodwa ezweni lamaphupho esiphila kulo, awukwazi ukuhamba usola noma ubani ngento eyenziwe abantu abaningi, ngaphandle uma uvunyelwe isigaba sencazelo. Futhi, ngaphandle kwalokho, ngangiqala ngabo bonke omongameli, amalungu eCongress, njll., njengezigebengu zempi ngaphambi kokufinyelela kunoma yiliphi izinga kanye nefayela ohlwini lwabazokhethwa ukulahlwa kwebhokisi lokusanhlamvu.

Futhi, “amasosha ethu,” akuwona nje amasosha ethu, hhayi ngokuhlanganyela. Abaningi bethu bavotela ukuphikisa, ukukhalaza, ukuphikisa, ukubhala ngokumelene, futhi bahlele ngokumelene nokusetshenziswa nokwanda kanye nokuba khona kwamasosha. Omunye ufisa sengathi bekungadingekile ukusho, kodwa lokhu akuphakamisi inzondo ethile ngabantu abangamasosha, iningi labo elithi ukulinganiselwa kwezomnotho kwakuyisici esikhulu ekujoyineni kwabo, futhi abaningi babo abakholelwa lokho abayikho. batshele ngokwenza okuhle ezindaweni abazihlaselayo. Futhi-ke ukuphikiswa kwezempi akusho ukusekela okuthile okusontekile kwezempi yesinye isizwe noma iqembu elithile. Cabanga nje ungalithandi ibhola futhi ngenxa yalokho usolwa ngokweseka abathile nezinye iqembu lebhola lezinyawo. Ukuphikisana nempi kuyindlela efanayo - empeleni kusho impi ephikisanayo, hhayi umzila "wethimba" eliphikiswa omunye umuntu.

“Ithimba” liyisingathekiso esesabekayo sebutho lezempi. Amasosha angabandakanya ukusebenzisana okuningi, kodwa sekuyiminyaka eyikhulu manje impi ihilela amaqembu amabili aqhudelana enkundleni yempi. EMpini Yezwe II futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, bekulokhu kuliwa izimpi emadolobheni abantu, futhi iningi lezisulu bekuyizakhamuzi ezingabhalisiwe kunoma yiliphi iqembu. Lapho amaqembu afana namaVeterans For Peace ekhuluma ngokumelene nokuqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza empini, ngezizathu zokuthi impi iwukubulala okungenabulungiswa, okuphambene nokukhiqiza kwamadoda, abesifazane, nezingane, akwenza lokho ngenxa yothando lwamasosha kanye namasosha angase abe ngamasosha esikhathini esizayo. Kunjalo, abanye omakadebona abaningi abahlanganyeli ngaleyo nkolelo, noma abayivezi ngokuzwakalayo noma esidlangalaleni uma benza kanjalo. Mhlawumbe akuhlangene yiqiniso lokuthi imbangela ehamba phambili yokufa kwamasosha ase-US athunyelwe ezimpini zakamuva nezamanje ukuzibulala. Isiphi isitatimende esijule kakhulu sokuthi kukhona okushaya amanzi esingashiwo ngaphezu kwalokho? Yini engingayisho ukuze ngize ngisondele kuyo?

Nawu umbhalo wesicelo esivuna ukufakwa kwamasosha emabhokisini okusanhlamvu:

"I-Wheaties Box iyisithombe esiyingqayizivele eMelika. Ibungaza okuhle kwethu, okugqama kwethu, nalabo abazuza ukuhlonishwa okuphezulu emkhakheni wezokusubatha. Akusona yini isikhathi sokuhlonipha elinye iqoqo lamaqhawe aseMelika? Amasosha ethu asebenzele izwe lawo futhi anikela ngakho konke, afanelwe ukuhlonishwa okufanayo nabasubathi bethu abakhulu.”

Eqinisweni ubuhlakani bethu obugqamile nobudala kakhulu abahlonishwa nhlobo ku-Wheaties. Futhi abacishi bomlilo nabesifazane bethu, izisebenzi zethu eziphuthumayo, abezemvelo bethu, othisha bethu, izingane zethu, izimbongi zethu, osopolitiki bethu, abalimi bethu, abaculi bethu, abalingisi bethu nabalingisi bethu. Cha. Ngabadlali nje. Uma ucabanga ukuthi amasosha afanelwe ukuhlonishwa, kusobala ukuthi akunjalo, empeleni, okufanayo njengabasubathi. Futhi kuthiwani ngalabo bethu abavumelana noMongameli uKennedy (“Impi izoba khona kuze kube lolo suku olukude lapho owenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza ejabulela idumela nodumo olufana neqhawe namuhla”) — Ingabe nathi kufanele sithole amaqhawe ethu emabhokisini okusanhlamvu?

“Cabanga ukuziqhenya kwezwe lonke ngokubona umamukeli wendondo ye-Congressional Medal of Honor ebhokisini le-Wheaties. UGeneral Mills, umenzi oziqhenyayo we-Wheaties, angenza lokhu kube isiko elisha. Eduze kokuzinikela kwala maqhawe nemindeni yawo, kuwudumo oluncane. Kodwa esikweni lethu eligxile kosaziwayo, kungaba isiko elisha sonke esingaziqhenya ngalo ukwabelana ngalo.”

Akulona iqiniso ukuthi sonke singaziqhenya. Abanye bethu bangayithatha njenge-fascistic. Yiqiniso, singamane sikhethe ukungakuthengi lokho okusanhlamvu, kuyilapho u-Anderson Cooper nanoma ubani omunye owenyanya abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza bengenakukwazi ukuthenga noma yiliphi ibhokisi lokusanhlamvu elihlonipha lelo siko. Kodwa lolu hlu lwezikhalazo aluphakamisi ukuphoqa uWheaties ukuthi ahloniphe amasosha, ancome nje. Hhayi-ke, ngincoma nje ngokumelene nakho.

“General Mills, sicela ukuthi wengeze amalungu esevisi [sic] ahlonishwe ngenkonzo yawo ehlukile nobuqhawe, ekushintsheni kwakho labo ababonwa ku-Wheaties Box. Asenzi okwanele ukuhlonipha labo abasebenzayo, ikakhulukazi labo bantu abazinikele kakhulu enkundleni yempi. Futhi nakuba isithombe esisebhokisini lokusanhlamvu singase singabonakali sisiningi, isenzo esisho okuningi ngalokho esikwazisayo. Uhlobo lokuthinta okudingeka sikubone kwenzeka kaningi. Sithemba ukuthi abakwaGeneral Mills bazosikhombisa ukuthi la madoda nabesifazane kufanelekile ukuqashelwa kumkhiqizo wabo odumile. Sicela usayine futhi wabelane ngesicelo esitshela uGeneral Mills ukuthi abeke amaqhawe ethu ahloniphekile avela embuthweni wezempi ebhokisini labo le-Wheaties. "

Amasosha ase-US achitha imali eningi ngamadola entela yomphakathi ezikhangisa ezimotweni zomjaho kanye nasemicimbini yemidlalo yebhola, njalo njalo. Ukube ama-Wheaties angathatha lo mbono futhi azuze kuwo ngokwenza inkokhelo yezempi, lokho kungaba kubi ngokwanele. Ukwenza mahhala kungaba kubi kakhulu. Kodwa angicabangi ukuthi amasosha azoyikhokhela. Amasosha akhangisa ibutho elijwayelekile elingenabuso, hhayi isosha elithile langempela. Omakadebona abaningi balahlwa amasosha, banqatshelwe ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, bashiywa bengenamakhaya, futhi - futhi - ezimeni eziningi bahloselwe ukuzibulala.

Phakathi nempi yaseVietnam, abathola izindondo zokuhlonishwa, ngokucasuka babajikijela emuva, benqaba lokho ababeyingxenye yakho. Noma yiliphi iqhawe lempi langempela lingakwenza lokho. Bese kuthi-ke uWheaties ube kuphi?

Kwake kwathi eminyakeni yamuva nje ibutho lezempi lazama ukuhlonipha isosha elithile lenyama negazi, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuhlanganisa umfanekiso walo nelabasubathi. Igama laleli sosha kwakunguPat Tillman. Wayeyisihlabani sebhola likanobhutshuzwayo futhi wayedume ngokudela inkontileka yebhola yezigidigidi ukuze ajoyine amasosha futhi enze umsebenzi wakhe wokushisekela izwe lokuvikela izwe kumaphekula amabi. Wayeyibutho langempela elidume kakhulu ebuthweni laseMelika, futhi uchwepheshe wethelevishini u-Ann Coulter wambiza. "owangempela waseMelika - elungile, emsulwa, futhi eyindoda njengowesilisa waseMelika kuphela ongaba njalo."

Ngaphandle kokuthi wayengasazikholwa izindaba ezazimholele ekutheni abhalise, futhi u-Ann Coulter wayeka ukumncoma. Ngo-September 25, 2005, i- San Francisco Chronicle ubike ukuthi uTillman useyigxeka kakhulu impi yase-Iraq futhi uhlele umhlangano nomgxeki wezempi owaziwayo uNoam Chomsky ukuthi ube lapho ebuya e-Afghanistan, yonke imininingwane uTillman.'Umama ka-Chomsky no-Chomsky baqinisekisa kamuva. UTillman akakwazanga't ngiyakuqinisekisa ngoba wafela e-Afghanistan ngo-2004 kusukela ngezinhlamvu ezintathu kuya esiphongweni ebangeni elifushane, izinhlamvu ezidutshulwa ngumMelika.

I-White House kanye namasosha babazi ukuthi u-Tillman ushonile ngenxa yomlilo okuthiwa ubungane, kodwa baqamba amanga batshela abezindaba ukuthi'd wafa ekushintshaneni okubi. Abaphathi Bezempi Abaphezulu babazi amaqiniso kodwa nokho bagunyaza ukuklonyeliswa kuka-Tillman iSilver Star, i-Purple Heart, kanye nephromoshini ngemva kokushona kwakhe, konke okusekelwe ekufeni kwakhe elwa nesitha. Ngokungangabazeki bebezovuma nesithombe sakhe sebhokisi le-Wheaties.

Khona-ke umkhankaso weWheaties wokubonga iqhawe wawuyoba kuphi lapho iqiniso ngokufa kukaTillman kanye neqiniso ngemibono kaTillman? Ngithi: Wheaties, ungayifaki engozini. IPentagon ayikaze ibeke engcupheni kusukela uTillman. Ojenene bayo (McChrystal, Petraeus) baheha izibani futhi bazihlaze nakanjani. Awekho amasosha asezingeni namafayela abekwa phambili “njengezithonjana.” Zisetshenziselwa nje ukuthethelela ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu “kwamasosha” okuya kubazuzi bezikhali hhayi eqenjini elilodwa.

Umcabango wegazi nje awuhambisani ne-breakfast cereal, Wheaties, ngisho nomcabango wokuthi lesi siphakamiso sivela ndawana thize kuleli zwe kwanele ukungenza ngicanuzele kancane.

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