NguMichael N. Nagler, Okthoba 7, 2017, Peace Voice.
Yize bengifunda udlame olungenalo udlame - ngakho-ke udlame olungaqondile - iminyaka eminingi, engifuna ukukuhlanganyela nawe ngale nhlekelele yakamuva yezibhamu kungumqondo ocacile nje. Futhi hhayi ukukugcina ungazi, nansi impendulo yami: lo muntu ubulale abantu akubo ngoba uhlala emasikweni adlulisa ubudlova. Isiko elilulaza isithombe somuntu - labo bobabili bahamba ndawonye. Ngazi kanjani? Ngoba ngihlala esikweni elifanayo; kanjalo nawe. Futhi lelo qiniso elingakhululekile empeleni lizosibeka endleleni eya esixazululweni.
Lokhu akusho noma ukudubula, impela ukuhlukunyezwa okuthile, kungabonakala kumbukiso othile we-TV noma umdlalo wevidiyo noma i-"action" ifilimu, yiqiniso, noma yikuphi kunoma yiliphi iphepho elithile elingasetshenziswa ekufudumeni kwezwe; kodwa kuzo zombili izimo, akunandaba. Okubalulekile ukuthi sinenkinga evimbelayo - engavinjelwe kalula, kodwa ivimbela - futhi uma sifuna lezi zihlukumeza, ukuchitha ukuhlaselwa ukuyeka ukuthi kufanele sibheke ngempela.
Singamashumi eminyaka, ukucaphuna engisebenza naye, “sikhulisa udlame ngazo zonke izindlela” - ikakhulukazi, yize kungenjalo kuphela, ngokusebenzisa abezindaba bethu abanamandla. Isayensi kulokhu iyamangaza, kepha lokho kuqonda okuyigugu kuhlala kungasebenzi emitatsheni yezincwadi nasemashalofini ezincwadi oprofesa; abenzi bezinqubomgomo noma umphakathi jikelele — futhi, ngokungadingekile ukusho, abahleli bezindaba ngokwabo, abasibonanga isidingo sokunaka ngisho nokuncane. Abalunakanga ucwaningo ngokuphelele kangangoba kwenye indawo ngeminyaka yama-1980 iningi lozakwethu abasebenza kulo mkhakha bavele badela futhi bayeka ukushicilela. Kuzwakala kujwayelekile? Njengobufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda bokuthi okwenziwa ngabantu kubangela ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu; asibuthandi ubufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda bokuthi izithombe ezinodlame (futhi, singangeza, izibhamu uqobo) zikhuthaza isenzo sobudlova, ngakho-ke sibheka eceleni.
Kepha asisakwazi ukubheka kude. Njengabantu baseMelika, sinamathuba aphindwe ngamashumi amabili kunezakhamizi zezinye izizwe ezithuthukile zokufa ngokudutshulwa. Asisakwazi ukubheka kude nakho konke lokhu bese sizithatha njengesizwe esiphucukile.
Ngakho-ke ngincoma ngokuphuthumayo lapho abezindaba bephonsa imininingwane embi kithi - zingaki izibhamu, izinhlamvu ezingakanani, kuthiwani ngentombi yakhe - futhi bathi bayabheka ize "ngesizathu" esikusibuyisela isikhashana futhi phindaphinda umbuzo. Umbuzo awukho ukuthi kungani lo muntu okhethekile enza lolu cala ngalendlela, kodwa yini ebangela isifo sobudlova?
Lokhu kuguqulwa kuyisikhulu esikhulu, ngoba ukungcwatshwa kulemininingwane kunemiphumela emibili engathí sina: ngokuvamile umbuzo awukwazi ukuphendulwa, njengalesi simo samanje, nakakhulu kuze kube yilapho kungenzeka ulwazi alusebenzi. Akukho lutho esingayenza mayelana nentombi yakhe noma ukugembula kwakhe, noma iqiniso lokuthi umshayeli webhayisikili X usanda kukhishwa noma usekucindezelekeni.
Kukhona konke esingakwenza, ngesikhatsi esanele nokuzimisela, mayelana nombangela oyimbangela konke ukudubula, okuyinto isiko lobudlova esisibe kakhulu 'sezinkuni' ze 'ezokuzijabulisa' zethu, ngokungazi kahle ukuthi senzele 'izindaba' ngokungenasici, futhi yebo, inqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle, ukuboshwa kwethu, ukulingana kwethu okukhulu nokushayisana yenkulumo yomphakathi.
Enye ibhulogi yakamuva isenze saqala ukusebenzisa kangcono: “Into eyodwa esiyazi ngokuqinisekile, into eyodwa esihlala siyazi ngabadubuli abaningi: Basebenzisa izibhamu.” Lapha, ekugcineni, sicabanga nge- jikelele, lokhu uhlobo lodlame okungenani, futhi lungacwilisi emininingwaneni engabalulekile nhlobo futhi eyingozi kokubi - okusho ukuthi lapho besilinga ukuba silingise ubugebengu ngendlela engaqondakali, sibambeke enjabulweni, futhi sizizwe sishaqekile. Imidwebo nezithombe zekamelo lehhotela lalesi sibhamu elinikezwa yiphepha elilodwa nakanjani zikulesi sigaba.
Yebo-ke, kufanele sigcizelele, ngokuphelele, ukuthi bajoyine umhlaba ophucukile futhi badlulise umthetho wezibhamu wangempela. Njengoba kushiwo, isayensi icacile ukuthi izibhamu ukwandisa ukuhlukumezeka kanye ukwehla ukuphepha. Kodwa lokho kuzokwanela yini ukunqanda ukubulawa kwabantu? Cha, ngesaba ukuthi isikhathi sesihambile kulokho. Kumele futhi simise ubudlova emiqondweni yethu. Lokho ngeke kusinike ngokwethu ingqondo enempilo kepha kuzosibeka ethubeni elihle lokusiza abanye ngokufanayo. Umthetho wami wesithupha: sebenzisa ukubandlulula okwedlulele kwabezindaba ungene ezingqondweni zethu, ubhalele amanethiwekhi uchaze ukuthi kungani singazibukeli izinhlelo zabo noma uthenga imikhiqizo yabakhangisi babo, futhi uchaze okufanayo kubo bonke abanendaba ukulalela. Uma kusiza, thatha isibambiso; ungathola isampula ku- iwebhusayithi yethu.
Kungekudala ngaphambi kwesibhicongo saseLas Vegas ngangisesitimeleni ngibuya esimisweni sokubhala lapho ngizwa ukuhlwitha kwengxoxo phakathi kwabavakashi ababili baseDenmark, izinsizwa ezazigqoke amajini adabukile ngokucophelela ezazibukeka njengezinye zezinkulungwane zeminyaka yenyonga esitolo sami sekhofi engisithandayo, futhi umqhubi. Omunye wabafana wathi, ngokuziqhenya okuthile, “Asazi kudingeka izibhamu eDenmark. ” “O, angikholwa ukuthi,"Kusho umqhubi.
Kungaba khona okunye okudabukisayo? Ukuzakhela isiko lapho singasakholelwa khona emhlabeni lapho impilo ibalulekile futhi nodlame lungavunyelwe, lapho singaya khona ekhonsathini - noma siye esikoleni - bese sibuya ekhaya. Sekuyisikhathi sokwakha kabusha lelo siko, nalowo mhlaba.
UProfesa Michael N. Nagler, ogunyazwe yi PeaceVoice, unguMengameli weMetta Center for Nonviolence kanye nomlobi we-Search for a Future Nonviolent.
