By URobert Shetterly, I-Smirking Chimp, Agasti 12, 2021
"Isibindi ngumthamo wokuphila okuphazamisa ukunikeza ukuthula."
- U-Amelia Earhart
Ukudweba isithombe kuthatha isikhathi, ukushesha ukwenza amaphutha enkantolo. Umthetho wami ukuthi ngibe nothando kodwa ngibekezele, ngishiye isikhathi sokukhanyisa njengoba ngilwela ukuthola ukucwazimula okuqondile esweni, ngigoba izindebe kanjalo nje, futhi ngibumbe okugqamile ebhulohweni lekhala ukuze kulingane nentaba yalo.
UDaniel Hale, okwakhe portrait Bengilokhu ngidweba, ngabe impempe ye-Air Force drone ezizwe iphoqeleka ngonembeza ukuthi ikhiphe imibhalo ehlukanisiwe ekhombisa ukuthi cishe ama-90% wezisulu zokubulawa kwabantu nge-drone ngabantu, abantu abangenacala, ababulawa ngosizo lwakhe. Wayengeke aphile nalokho. UDaniel wayazi ukuthi ukukhipha le nto kuzokwehlisa ulaka lukahulumeni kuye. Uzobekwa icala ngaphansi kwe-Espionage Act, njengokungathi wayeyinhloli. Ubhekene neminyaka ejele futhi manje ugwetshwe izinyanga ezingama-45 ngokukhuluma iqiniso. Uthe akusaba ukwedlula ijele yisilingo sokungababuzi lezi zigameko zokubulawa kwabantu nge-drone. Umsebenzi wakhe wezempi kwakungukuthula. Kepha ngumuntu onjani ongangabazi izenzo abhekene nazo? Ingabe impilo yakhe ibaluleke ngaphezu kwabantu ababulewe? Uthe, "Impendulo ifike kimi, yokuthi ukunqanda udlame, kufanele nginikele ngempilo yami hhayi eyomunye umuntu."
Lapho ngiseyingane, ngangingacabangi lutho ngokunyathela izintuthwane, amakholomu amade ezintuthwane ezincane ezinsundu nezimnyama, ngiphinde ngibone ukudla, ezinye ziyabuya, ziphethe imvuthu noma izingcezwana zezinye izinambuzane — umlenze wentethe, iphiko lempukane. Ngangingawahloniphi njengezidalwa eziphilayo, ngingawaqondi njengemikhiqizo eyisimangaliso yokuziphendukela kwenhlangano eyinkimbinkimbi yezenhlalo, ngingaqondi ukuthi babenelungelo lokuphila njengami.
Futhi abawanakanga amandla ami amakhulu.
Umqondo wami ojwayelekile wokuthi izinambuzane zazingalungile, zilimaza abantu, ziphethe izifo noma zilimaza ukudla kwethu noma zimane nje ziyakhasa, zingena ezindlini zethu ukuze zisiphazamise ngobunyoninco bazo, indlela ezazigcwele ngayo kunoma yini emnandi futhi eziyishiyile, kusho umama , izifo ezicashile. Ukushaya isinambuzane esincane bekuyisenzo esilungile, okungenani uma kungenjalo okungenza umhlaba ube ngcono ukuhlala kwabantu. Ngangingakaze ngifundiswe ukuthi baphila kuwebhu efanayo yokuphila eyayihlanganisa nami nenhlalakahle yami. Angifundiswanga ukumangala ngeqiniso lokuthi babekhona. Futhi angizange ngikubone lokho ngedwa. Angifundiswanga ukubabingelela njengentuthwane kadadewethu. Impindiselo ezinambuzaneni yayiwukuziphatha okuhle, ukubonga kwabo kungenangqondo.
Kungani ngisho ngicabanga ngalokhu? Ngolunye usuku ngibuke idokhumentari kaSonia Kennebeck I-Bird kazwelonke (2016) cishe abathathu abasebenza ngezimpimpi, kufaka phakathi uDaniel Hale. Usizi lwabo ngenxa kanembeza kulokho abekade bekwenza lwenziwa lwaqina ngokuqinile ezingxoxweni nabantu base-Afghani ababeyizisulu zeziteleka ze-drone zase-US, abanye abasindile, ezinye izihlobo zababulewe, abanye baba yizisulu ngokwabo. Imidwebo efilimini yalokho okubonwa ngabakwa-drones ngaphambi kokuvula imicibisholo yabo ezimotweni nasemalolini nasemabhasini nasezindlini nasemibuthanweni bekumangaza. Akucaci, kepha kunama-gravy, smudgy, abamnyama nabamhlophe, abantu abagibele noma abahamba ngezinyawo, ababonwa besuka phezulu phezulu futhi befanekiselwa ngaphambili kangangokuthi babukeka njengezinambuzane ezincane ezixakile, hhayi abantu nhlobo, njengezintuthwane.
Sonke siyazi ukuthi izimpi zivunyelwe amandla ethu amabi okwehlisa isithunzi sethu isitha sethu. Ukwesaba nentukuthelo, ukwedelela nenkulumo-ze kwehlisa izitha ezingeni lokugcwala izinambuzane ezihlose ukusiluma, ukusihlaba, nokusibulala. Esingakuqapheli kalula ukuthi ekuzimiseleni kwethu ukulunga ukukhipha izikhali ezimbi ezingakhethi kubo, nathi sizithobe ubuntu. Ngabe abantu abangabantu ngokuphelele bangakuthethelela ukuhlaselwa nge-drone, bakuchithe ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi ukuze kuqedwe umuntu oyedwa okusolwa ukuthi unesifiso sokulimaza abaseMelika? Futhi umuntu wami oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ubephihliza kanjani ikholomu yezintuthwane ngenhloso yokuzondla nje?
Abantu baseMelika bafundiswe ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bamakhamera sebuthuthuke kangangokuba opharetha angahlukanisa ukumamatheka nokuhwaqabala, i-AK-47 ne-rahab (insimbi yomculo yendabuko), impela indoda evela kowesifazane, oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kusukela osemusha, onecala kusukela kungelona. Akunjalo. Ama-opharetha awazi ngempela. Futhi ubandlululo lwabo alubavumeli ukuthi bazi. Kwifilimu sibezwa beqagela. Intsha ingama-de facto amasosha ezitha, izingane, zilungile, izingane, kepha ngubani onakekela ngempela? Futhi ngubani, mhlawumbe, oneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala? Kungcono ukuphuthuma ohlangothini lwempi. Zonke ziyizintuthwane futhi, njengoba sithanda ukusho, ekupheleni kosuku, izintuthwane ezihlukanisiwe azinabungozi. Kuveza okuwukuphela kwento ebonwa yikhamera ye-drone izintuthwane.
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Uhulumeni wase-US usole uDaniel Hale ngokweba impahla kahulumeni, imininingwane ehlukanisiwe echaza ubukhulu bokufa kwabantu ngokuhlaselwa yi-drone. Uhulumeni uthatha ngokuthi uma abantu abasemazweni anobutha noma okungenzeka babe nobutha bazi ukuthi sikuthethelela ngokuzithandela ukubulala, bangase bafune impindiselo, noma bazizwe bebophekile ekuziphatheni. Uhulumeni wethu angaqhubeka nokuthatha ngokuthi abantu baseMelika abanomqondo ofanele bangathukuthela ngendlela efanayo futhi bafune ukuphela kokubulawa kwabantu. I-Espionage Act, njengoba isetshenziswa ngokumelene noDaniel Hale, akuyona ikhodi yomthetho wokuziphatha kodwa eletha inkulumo-ze ngaphansi kokulawulwa komthetho. Futhi lokhu akuphathelene nokuphepha kwe-US ngaphandle kokuthi abantu abaningi bazi ukuthi wenza izenzo zokuziphatha okubi ngokwesabekayo kuvame ukwenza umuntu aphephe kakhulu. UDaniel Hale wafunga ukuthi uzogcina imfihlo yangempela yokuhlukunyezwa kwe-drone yase-US iyimfihlo.
Umgomo wokugcina imfihlo uwuhlobo oluthile lwe-narcissism. Sifuna kakhulu ukuthi sizihloniphe futhi abanye abantu basihloniphe hhayi ngenxa yalokho esiyikho kodwa ngalabo esizenza bona — abahlukile, abathanda inkululeko, abathanda intando yeningi, abathobela umthetho, abantu abanomusa abahlala esithabathabeni somuzi egqumeni abaphethe induku enkulu ukuze kuzuze bonke.
Ngakho-ke, isizathu esenza sigcine amacala ethu esintu eyimfihlo akukhona ukuzivikela emthethweni wamazwe omhlaba-i-US iyazithethelela ekuphathweni komthetho wamazwe omhlaba. Kungukuzivikela ekuhlaselweni yinganekwane yethu yokulunga okungapheli. Uhulumeni wethu wenza imikhuba eyahlukahlukene yokusonteka esontekile ngokugxeka kanye nenhliziyo ebandayo esekelwe emcabangweni wokuthi uma abantu bengakuboni okwenzayo, bazonikeza lokho okushoyo inzuzo yokungabaza. Uma abantu bengalungiselelwa ukuthi bacabange ukuthi silungile, kufanele sibe njalo.
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Ngenkathi ngipenda, ngangizama ukuqonda ukufana phakathi kukaDaniel Hale noDarnella Frazier, intokazi eyayinomqondo wokuthatha ividiyo kaDerek Chauvin ebulala uGeorge Floyd. UChavin wayengumvikeli futhi ephoqelela amandla ombuso. Sekuyiminyaka udlame lobandlululo ngalowo mandla lwenziwa ngaphandle kokujeziswa ngoba umbuso uqobo uhlelwe ngobandlululo. Ukubulala abantu bebala kwakungelona icala langempela. Umcibisholo we-drone, wenza amandla wombuso emhlabeni wonke, ubulala izakhamizi ezinjengoGeorge Floyd ngaphandle kwemiphumela. Kuze kube yilapho ubuchwepheshe benza ukuthi kube lula ukuthi izakhamizi zirekhode umbuso wenza ubugebengu bokucwasana e-US, lezo zenzo zobugebengu zahlukaniswa ngempumelelo ngoba izinkantolo zazithanda ubufakazi bamanga bamaphoyisa. Ngakho-ke, uDaniel Hale uzama ukufana noDarnella Frazier, ufakazi wokubulala, kepha imithetho yokufihla iyamenqabela ukuba ngufakazi. Kuthiwani uma, ngemuva kokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd, amaphoyisa amane afunge bonke ofakazi ngokufihla, bethi leli yibhizinisi lamaphoyisa elivikelwe? Kuthiwani ukube amaphoyisa abephucile ikhamera kaDarnella wayishaya noma wasusa le vidiyo noma ambopha ngokuhlola ibhizinisi lamaphoyisa? Ngemuva kwalokho, amaphoyisa angufakazi othembekile ozenzakalelayo. Endabeni kaHale, umongameli u-Obama uqhubeka nomabonakude futhi umemezela ngamandla ukuthi i-US iqaphe kakhulu ukubulala amaphekula abhekiswe kuphela ngama-drones. Ngaphandle kukaDarnella Daniel Frazier Hale lawo manga aba iqiniso.
Umbuzo osesikhundleni ukuthi kungani abantu basabela ngothando olukhulu ngokungabi nabulungiswa kokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd, kepha hhayi ebufakazini obubonakalayo bokuthi ama-drones aseMelika abulala abesilisa, abesifazane nezingane abangenacala ngendlela engachazwa njengongenaluzwelo futhi nangaphezulu ngonya. Ingabe izimpilo zama-Arabhu azinendaba? Noma ingabe lukhona olunye uhlobo lwe-narcissism olusebenza lapha-uGeorge Floyd wayengowesizwe sakithi, abase-Afghani bengekho. Ngokufanayo, yize abantu abaningi bevuma ukuthi Impi yaseVietnam kwakuyibhizinisi lombuso laseMelika, siyabakhumbula abantu baseMelika abangama-58,000 ababulawa eVietnam, kepha bangabanaki abantu baseVietnam, abaseLaos nabaseCambodia abangama-3 kuya kwezi-4.
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Ngithole le ngcaphuno evela ku-Amelia Earhart ngenkathi ngidweba uDaniel Hale: "Isibindi inani lentengo elibakhona ekunikezeni ukuthula." Umcabango wami wokuqala ukuthi wayekhuluma ngokwenza ukuthula ngaphandle kwakho — ukuthula phakathi kwabantu, imiphakathi, phakathi kwezizwe. Kepha mhlawumbe ukuthula okubaluleke ngokulinganayo ukuthula okwenziwe ngokwakho ngokuba nesibindi sokuvumelanisa izenzo zakho nonembeza nezinjongo zakho.
Ukwenza lokho kungaba enye yezinjongo ezinzima kakhulu futhi ezibaluleke kakhulu zempilo efanelekile. Impilo efuna ukuzivumelanisa naleyo ndlela kumele ime ngokungaguquguquki emandleni afuna ukuyilawula, ihlukane nokwamukela ukuba yilungu lomhlambi othulile, umhlambi owenzelwe amandla odlame nsuku zonke ozisebenzisayo ukuzondla kanye nenzuzo yawo . Impilo enjalo ithatha lokho esingakubiza ngokuthi umthwalo omkhulu. Lo mthwalo wamukela imiphumela esindayo yokugcizelela okushiwo unembeza. Lo mthwalo ukunqoba kwethu, isithunzi sethu sokugcina futhi ngeke kususwe kithi noma ngabe umcindezeli wethu unamandla kangakanani. Leyo yingxenye enhle, isibindi esishisayo esikhanyayo sinikeza ukukhetha okuhle. Okuhle kakhulu ukuthi ukukhanya kukhanya futhi kuneqiniso. UDaniel Hale wesaba isilingo sokungabazi inqubomgomo ye-drone. Ukuba yindida kwakuwumthwalo ohlukile ayewesaba, ukunikela ngokuzimela kwakhe nokuziphatha kwakhe. Amandla acabanga ukuthi ukwesaba kwakho okukhulu ukuzibeka esiheni sakho. (Kuyahlekisa, lelo gama elithi 'isihe;' amandla ahlala amandla ngokuzimisela kwawo ukuba angenasihe.) UDaniel Hale wesaba ukungazihlukanisi nokuziphatha okubi ngesihluku kwenqubomgomo ye-drone, ngaphezu kokuthunyelwa kwakhe ejele. Ngokwenza yena abe sengozini yamandla, uyawehlula. Lowo mthwalo uyinto enhle.
Angikho ebhizinisini lokupenda abangcwele. Ngiyakuthanda ukuthi sonke sinamaphutha kangakanani, ukuthi kufanele silwe kanjani — nathi ngokwethu, namasiko ethu — ngokunqoba kwethu okulungile. Kepha lapho umuntu enza njengoDaniel Hale, ephikelela kunembeza wakhe ephikisana nentando yamandla, ubusiswa ngezinga elithile lokuhlanzeka. Isibusiso esinjalo singasiphakamisa sonke uma sizimisele ukumeseka, simsize athwale umthwalo wakhe omkhulu. Ekubambeni ngokuhlanganyela lowo mthwalo futhi kuyithemba lentando yeningi. UMarcus Raskin, ongumsunguli we-Institute of Policy Studies, ukubeka ngale ndlela: “Intando yeningi kanye nomgomo wayo wokusebenza, umthetho wezomthetho, kudinga isisekelo sokuma. Lowo mhlaba yiqiniso. Lapho uhulumeni eqamba amanga, noma ehleleke njengombuso wethu wezokuphepha kuzwelonke ukuze athuthukise amanga nokuzikhohlisa, izinhlaka zethu ezisemthethweni seziphule ukholo ngesimo esidingekayo kuhulumeni womthethosisekelo wentando yeningi. ”
UDaniel Hale wayengenakhaya lapho ejoyina i-Air Force. Insizwa emnene evela emndenini ongasebenzi kahle. Amasosha amnikeza uzinzo, umphakathi kanye nomsebenzi. Iphinde yafuna ukuthi abambe iqhaza ebunzimeni. Nemfihlo. Wafuna ukuthi azibulale ngokuziphatha. Isilinganiso esivela kuye engisifake emdwebeni wakhe sithi:
“Ngempi yedrone, kwesinye isikhathi kubulawa abantu abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayishumi abamsulwa. Kufanele ubulale ingxenye kanembeza wakho ukwenza umsebenzi wakho… Kepha yini ebengingayenza ukubhekana nonya olungenakuphikwa engaluqhubekisela phambili? Into engangiyesaba kakhulu… kwakuyisilingo sokungayibuzi. Ngakho-ke ngithinte intatheli ephenyayo… ngamtshela ukuthi kunokuthile abantu baseMelika okudingeka bakwazi. ”
