Phakamisa Ifulegi Lomhlaba Ngaphezu Kwefulegi Lesizwe

Ngu-Dave Meserve, February 8, 2022

Lapha e-Arcata, e-California, sisebenzela ukwethula nokuphasisa isimiso sokuvota esizodinga ukuthi iDolobha lase-Arcata lindizise ifulegi Lomhlaba phezulu kwazo zonke izigxobo zedolobha, ngaphezu kwamafulege ase-United States kanye nase-California.

I-Arcata yidolobha elinabantu abangaba ngu-18,000 ogwini olusenyakatho yeCalifornia. Ikhaya le-Humboldt State University (manje eyiCal Poly Humboldt), i-Arcata yaziwa njengomphakathi othuthukayo kakhulu, ogxile isikhathi eside emvelweni, ukuthula, nobulungiswa bezenhlalo.

Ifulegi Lomhlaba lindiza e-Arcata Plaza. Kuhle lokho. Azikho izikwele zasemadolobheni eziningi ezihlanganisa nayo.

Kodwa linda! I-oda ye-Plaza flagpole ayinangqondo. Ifulegi laseMelika lindiza phezulu, ifulegi laseCalifornia ngaphansi kwalo, kanye nefulegi loMhlaba phansi.

Ingabe Umhlaba awukahlanganisi zonke izizwe nazo zonke izifundazwe? Ingabe inhlalakahle Yomhlaba ayibalulekile kukho konke ukuphila? Ingabe izindaba zomhlaba azibalulekile kakhulu ekuphileni kwethu okunempilo kunobuzwe?

Isikhathi sokuqaphela ukubaluleka Komhlaba phezu kwezizwe kanye nezifunda lapho sindiza izimpawu zabo ezigcawini zamadolobha ethu. Asikwazi ukuba nesizwe esinempilo ngaphandle koMhlaba onempilo.

Sekuyisikhathi ‘sokubeka Umhlaba Phezulu.

Ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kanye nempi yenuzi kuwusongo olukhulu ekusindeni kwethu namuhla. Ukunciphisa lezi zinsongo, izizwe kufanele zihlangane ndawonye ngokwethembeka futhi zivumelane ukuthi ukusinda kwempilo eMhlabeni kubaluleke kakhulu kunezintshisekelo zobuzwe noma zebhizinisi.

Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu okubangelwa abantu kanye nomkhiqizo wawo wokufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuzokwenza umhlaba ungahlali muntu phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwezingane zethu nabazukulu, ngaphandle uma abantu bevumelana nezenzo ezizomisa ukwanda kwezinga lokushisa. Kodwa engqungqutheleni yakamuva ye-COP26, azikho izinhlelo zokusebenza eziphusile ezamukelwayo. Kunalokho sizwe kuphela lokho uGreta Thunberg akubiza ngokunembile, “Blah, blah, blah”. Kunokuba bavume ukunciphisa ngamandla ukusetshenziswa kwezibaso ezimbiwa phansi, izinkampani ezizisebenzelayo kanye namaqembu ezizwe, adliwe ubugovu nokufuna amandla, alawula inkhulumomphendvulwano, futhi akukho nqubekelaphambili yangempela eyenziwe.

Impi yenuzi, egqugquzelwa impi yethu ebandayo evuselelwe kabusha neRussia neChina, ingacekela phansi yonke impilo eMhlabeni eminyakeni embalwa nje, ngokuqala kobusika benuzi. (Okuxakayo kakhulu ukuthi ubusika benuzi buwukuphela kwekhambi lesikhashana elifushane lokufudumala kwembulunga! Kodwa masingawuthathi lowo mzila!) Ngokungafani nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, impi yenuzi ayenzeki, kodwa sisonqenqemeni. Uma kwenzeka, ngokuklama noma ngengozi, kuzoletha ukucekelwa phansi nokushabalala ngokushesha okukhulu. Okuwukuphela kwendlela ekude nethuba elikhulayo lempi yenuzi ukuthi izizwe zibeke eceleni ukuma kwazo kwezombusazwe futhi zivume ukujoyina iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi, ukunciphisa izikhali zenuzi, ukuthembisa ukuthi ngeke zisetshenziswe okokuqala, futhi zisebenzise idiplomacy yangempela ukuxazulula izingxabano. . Nakulokhu futhi, kufanele kugxilwe ezintweni ezithakazelelwa zikazwelonke kuye ekuphepheni nenhlalakahle yeplanethi yethu enguMhlaba.

Noma ngabe silithanda kangakanani izwe lethu, asikwazi ukusho ukuthi noma iyiphi “intshisekelo kazwelonke” ibaluleke kakhulu kunokugcina umhlaba uhlalwa futhi wamukeleka.

Le nkolelo ingiholele ekutheni ngithathe isinyathelo ngokuqala uhlelo lwendawo lokuvota ukuze ngindize ifulegi Lomhlaba ngaphezu kwamafulegi ase-US kanye nase-California kuwo wonke amafulegi aphethwe yidolobha lapha e-Arcata. Sibiza le nhlangano ngokuthi “Beka Umhlaba Phezulu.” Ithemba lethu ukuthi sizophumelela ekutholeni isinyathelo sokuvota okhethweni lwangoNovemba 2022, nokuthi luzodlula ngesilinganiso esikhulu futhi lubangele ukuthi idolobha liqale ngokushesha ukundiza ifulegi Lomhlaba phezulu kwazo zonke izigxobo ezisemthethweni.

Esithombeni esikhulu, sithemba ukuthi lokhu kuzoqala ingxoxo enkulu kakhulu ngokubaluleka kokugxila ezenzweni empilweni yeplanethi yethu enguMhlaba.

Kodwa, akukhona yini emthethweni ukundiza noma iliphi ifulege ngaphezu kweStars and Stripes? I-United States Flag Code iyasho ukuthi ifulegi laseMelika kufanele lindize phezulu esigxotsheni sefulegi, kodwa mayelana nokuphoqelela nokusetshenziswa kweKhodi, i-Wikipedia ithi (icaphuna umbiko we-Congressional Research Service ka-2008):

"I-United States Flag Code isungula imithetho yokweluleka yokubonisa nokunakekelwa kwe ifulege lesizwe we i-United States of America...Lona umthetho wenhlangano yase-US, kodwa uphakamisa kuphela amasiko okuzithandela okuphatha ifulegi laseMelika futhi wawungakaze uhloselwe ukuthi usetshenziswe. Ikhodi isebenzisa ulimi olungabopheli njengokuthi 'kufanele' kanye 'nenkambiso' yonke indawo futhi ayisho noma yiziphi izinhlawulo zokwehluleka ukulandela imihlahlandlela.”

Ngokwezombangazwe, abanye bangase bacabange ukuthi ukundiza noma yini ngaphezu kwefulegi laseMelika kuwukuntula izwe. Isithombe esisefulegini Lomhlaba saziwa ngokuthi i-Blue Marble, esathathwa ngoDisemba 7, 1972 yizisebenzi zasemkhathini i-Apollo 17, futhi siphakathi kwezithombe ezikhiqizwe kakhulu emlandweni, manje esigubha iminyaka yayo engama-50.^th isikhumbuzo. Ukundiza ifulegi Lomhlaba ngaphezu kwe-Stars and Stripes akuyihloniphi i-United States.

Ngokunjalo, uma amadolobha akwamanye amazwe ethatha le phrojekthi, inhloso wukukhulisa ukuqwashisa ngoMhlaba njengomhlaba wethu, hhayi ukudelela isizwe esiphila kuso.

Abanye bazophikisa ngokuthi akufanele simoshe amandla ngokuhlela kabusha amafulegi, kodwa kunalokho sibhekane “nezinkinga zangempela zendawo” ezibhekene nomphakathi wethu. Ngikholwa ukuthi singakwenza kokubili. Singakwazi ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga "zehlela eMhlabeni" njengoba sigxila kakhulu ekulondolozeni impilo yoMhlaba ngokwawo.

Ithemba lami ukuthi ngonyaka ozayo, zonke izigxobo ze-Arcata City zizobe seziphethe ifulegi loMhlaba phezulu. Bese, amanye amadolobha azungeze i-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele azosebenzela ukwamukela izimiso ezifanayo, aphephezelisa ifulegi Lomhlaba ngaphezu kwefulegi lesizwe sakubo. Ezweni elibonisa uthando nenhlonipho ngoMhlaba ngale ndlela, izivumelwano eziholela esimweni sezulu esinempilo nokuthula komhlaba ziyotholakala kalula.

Ngokusebenza endaweni emadolobheni asekhaya ukwamukela uphawu lwefulegi Lomhlaba phezulu, ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi ifulegi lezwe, mhlawumbe singagcina Umhlaba njengekhaya elisamukelayo lethu nezizukulwane ezizayo.

Masibeke Umhlaba Phezulu.

UDave Meserve uklama futhi akhe izindlu e-Arcata, CA. Usebenze eMkhandlwini weDolobha lase-Arcata kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2006. Lapho engasebenzi ukuze aziphilise, usebenza ukugqugquzela ukuthula, ubulungisa, nendawo enempilo.