Ngu-Andrew Moss
Ku-1946, uGeorge Orwell uhlambalaza ukuhlukunyezwa kolimi enkulumweni yakhe yakudala, "Izepolitiki kanye nolimi lwesiNgisi," ngokumemezela ukuthi "ulimi [lwaba] olubi futhi olungalungile ngoba imicabango yethu iyisiphukuphuku, kodwa ukuzithoba kolimi lwethu kwenza kube lula ukuze sibe nemicabango yobuwula. "U-Orwell wabeka ukugxeka kwakhe okubukhali kakhulu ngolimi lwezombangazwe olonakalisiwe, olwalubiza ngokuthi" ukuzivikela kokungenakulungiswa, "futhi eminyakeni eyalandela, abanye ababhali babhala izinkulumo ezifanayo zenkulumo yezombangazwe, balungisa ukugxila kwabo ngokuvumelana ezimweni zesikhathi.
Okunye ukuhlaziya okuye kwagxila olimini lwezikhali zenuzi, futhi ngiphikisa ukuthi lolu limi kufanele lukhathazeke ngokukhethekile kithi namuhla. Ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Nukespeak" ngabagxeki bayo, kuyinkulumo enamandla kakhulu eyenza imithelela imiphumela yokuziphatha yezinqubomgomo nezenzo zethu. Lulwimi olusetshenziswa izikhulu zempi, abaholi bezombusazwe, kanye nabachwepheshe bezinqubomgomo - kanye nezintatheli kanye nezakhamizi. Lolu limi ludluliselwa ezingxoxweni zethu zomphakathi njengezinhlobo ezingavamile, ezenza izithunzi endleleni esicabanga ngayo ngekusasa lethu nekusasa lethu.
Ngokwesibonelo, encwadini yamuva ye-New York Times, "Amabhomu amancane afaka i-Fuel ekuSabeni eNyukliya"Abanyamaphephandaba ababili be-Times, uWilliam J. Broad noDavid E. Sanger, bachaza ingxabano eqhubekayo ekuphathweni kuka-Obama mayelana nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi yesikhashana ye-arsenal yethu ye-nyukliya, izinguquko eziyokwenza amabhomu athomu aqonde ngokunembile namandla abo opharetha ukwandisa noma ukunciphisa amandla okuqhuma kwanoma iyiphi ibhomu elilodwa. Abagqugquzeli bathi ukuvuselela izikhali kuzonciphisa amathuba okusebenzisa kwabo ngokukhulisa ukuvimbela kwabo ukuba babe ngabahlukunyezwa ngenkathi abagxeki bathi ukuthuthukisa amabhomu kuzokwenza ukusetshenziswa kwabo kube nzima nakakhulu kubaphathi bezempi. Abagxeki baphinde babhekise izindleko zesimiso samanje - kufika ku-$ 1 trillion uma zonke izinto ezihlobene zicatshangelwa.
Kulo lonke lesi sihloko, uhlaka lwe-Broad and Sanger lezi zinkinga ngolimi lwe-Nukespeak. Ngomusho olandelayo, isibonelo, zihlanganisa ama-euphmismms amabili: "Futhi isivuno salo, amandla okuqhuma amabhomu, singadluliselwa phezulu noma phansi kuye ngokuhloswe, ukunciphisa umonakalo wokubambisana." Ama-euphmisms, "ukukhiqiza" kanye nokulimala kokubambisana , "Susa ubukhona bomuntu - izwi, ubuso - kusuka ekulinganisweni kokufa. Nakuba abalobi bechaza igama elithi "isivuno" njenge "amandla okuqhuma," ukubonakala kwegama elikulo mbhalo kusalokhu kuncike ekuphambeni phakathi kokushiwo okungukuthi, okungukuthi ukuvunwa noma inzuzo yemali, kanye nomqondo wesidemoni wokuvuna okubulalayo. Futhi inkulumo ethi "ukulimala kokubambisana" sekuyisikhathi eside ihlonishwa ngenxa yesigwebo sayo, ukushiyeka kwayo okungenakwenzeka kunoma yikuphi ukucatshangelwa.
Lo musho uqukethe esinye isici se-Nukespeak: ukuthakazeliswa kwezingcingo ngegadgetry ebulalayo. Kuyinto eyodwa ukuthi umuntu adilize phansi i-thermostat yendlu yakhe; kungenye 'ukudonsa phansi' ukukhokhelwa kokufa. Ngenkathi ngifundisa i-undergraduate course ezincwadini zempi nokuthula, mina nabafundi bami safunda kwelinye lamayunithi izincwadi zikaHeroshima noNagasaki. Sifunda isimemezelo sikaMengameli uTruman sokuqothulwa kwesibhamu sokuqala se-athomu, sibheka ukuthi uTruman wakhuluma kanjani ngesigameko saleso sikhali esisha kanye nokubambisana kwesayense okwenza kube "ukuphumelela okukhulu kwesayensi ehlelekile emlandweni." Ngesikhathi esifanayo, thina funda izindaba ngabalobi baseJapane abaphumelele ukusinda i-inferno futhi baqhubeke bebhala. Omunye umlobi onjalo, u-Yoko Ota, unomlando wezindaba zakhe ezimfushane, "Izibhamu," abuyele eHiroshima eminyakeni eyisikhombisa ngemuva kwebhomu futhi ehlangene nabaningi abasindile, kuhlanganise nentombazane encane, uMitsuko, owayesebenze kabi nge-athomu ukuqhuma. Naphezu kokungahlehlisi okwenza ukuba khona kwakhe kube buhlungu ngokomzwelo, uMitsuko ubonisa ukuqina okungajwayelekile futhi "isifiso sokukhula ngokushesha futhi usize abantu abanenkinga."
Isazi sezifo zengqondo nomlobi uRobert Jay Lifton uye wabhala ukuthi ngisho nangaphakathi kwesithunzi se-nyukliya, singathola amathuba okuhlengwa "kokuhlakanipha komboni: imbongi, umdwebi, noma uguquko wezilwane, owathi lapho umbono wezwe wamanje wehlulekile, waphendukela i-kaleidoscope yengqondo yakhe kuze kube yilapho izinto ezijwayele zithatha iphethini ehlukile ngokuphelele. "UWotton wabhala lawo mazwi ku-1984, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi isidingo sokubambisana esikhaleni seplanethi sesisanda kuphuthuma kakhulu. Namuhla, njengangaphambili, ingumculi nomboni okwazi ukubona ukuthi kukhona umuntu ofihlekile ngemuva kwe-façade yokulala ye-Nukespeak. Ngumculi nomboni ongathola amagama athi: kukhona ubuwula kulokhu okubizwa ngokuthi i-rationality - nokuthi, ngempela, sinamandla okuthola enye indlela.
Andrew Moss, ogunyazwe ngu PeaceVoice, unguprofesa ophumayo eCalifornia State Polytechnic University, ePomona, lapho efundisa inkambo ethi "Impi Nokuthula Emibhalweni," iminyaka eyi-10.
