Imidlalo Yekhompyutha Empilweni Yengane
Imidlalo yekhompyutha inebutho elikhulu labaphikisi elingakhathali ukusola imboni yokudlala ngazo zonke izono ezifayo. Angikwazi ukusho ukuthi ngiyabeseka kanye nezinsolo zabo. Impela azinasisekelo. Kepha ngifuna ukuthola ukuthi: ingabe yimidlalo kuphela okufanele isolwe? Uyayikhumbula inhlekelele yasebusika yango-1997 edolobheni lesifundazwe saseMelika iPaducah? Ekuseni okuqhakazile ebusika kwangolokuqala kuDisemba, uMichael Carneal oneminyaka engu-14 wathatha izibhamu eziyisithupha waya nazo esikoleni. Ngemuva kwalokho wacasha ezihlahleni walinda waze waphela umthandazo wesikole. Ngesikhathi abafundi beqala ukuphuma endlini yesonto wadubula ngokushesha wabulala izingane zesikole ezintathu kwathi abanye abahlanu balimala kabi. Izintatheli zazisa umhlaba wonke ngale nhlekelele ngaphandle kokulibala. Ngikuthatha njengephutha lokuqala. Kungani? Abanye abantu bangase bacabange: ‘Kungani ngingenakuzama iqhinga elinje ngokwami futhi ngaziwe emhlabeni wonke?’ Ngikholwe, kunabantu abenele abangacabanga kanjalo nje. Abezindaba akufanele bavuse imicabango yabo emibi ngala mahlazo. Kuyinkolelo yami. Kepha siphila emphakathini okhululekile, onesiqinisekiso senkululeko yokukhuluma futhi ukufihla leli qiniso emphakathini kungabonakala kuphambene impela.
Ngeshwa, ukungabaza kwami kwagcwaliseka. Le nhlekelele yananela eColorado edolobheni elincane laseLittleton ngemuva kwesikhashana. Abasha ababili u-Eric Harris (18) no-Dylan Klebold (17) babhekisisa okwenzeka ngaphambi kwabo futhi baletha esikoleni ezimayini ezingamashumi amane ezenziwe ngezandla ezilawulwa ngomsakazo. Ngemuva kwalokho baqala ukuqhumisa izimayini kwathi ngokwethuka badubula izibhamu zabo zokuzingela kubalingani babo besikole. Kwabulawa abantu abangu-20 abangenacala. Ngesikhathi amaphoyisa efika la ‘maqhawe’ azidubule emtatsheni wezincwadi wesikole. Njengasendabeni yentsha yokuqala laba bafana bobabili babengabalandeli bevement yeDOMOM kanye neQuake. Abathathu bachitha sonke isikhathi sabo ezimpini zenetha, babenamakhasi abo ewebhu anikelwe imidlalo abayithandayo futhi bakha amazinga. Ukuhlaziya izizathu zokuziphatha okuyihlazo ongoti bakhungathekile ngombuzo wokuthi ngubani owayenephutha? Abazali bezingane ezibulewe babazi kahle ukuthi ubani okufanele asolwe. Bamangalele imboni yezokungcebeleka ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-130. Balethe icala kubanikazi abathathu bezingosi ze-porno, izinkampani ezimbalwa ezakha imidlalo yamakhompiyutha kanye nenkampani yamafilimu iWarner Brothers ngefilimu yabo ethi ‘Basketball Diaries’, lapho umlingiswa oyinhloko ebulala khona uthisha wakhe nabalingani bakhe besikole. Kodwa-ke ingcindezi enkulu ibikumidlalo enonya. Umshushisi ugcizelela ukuthi imidlalo eyenziwe yilezi zinkampani ‘iveza ubudlova ngendlela ekhangayo futhi emnandi’.
Ngicela ukubuza, kungani imidlalo isolwa kuqala? Izinkulungwane zemidlalo emisha ziyaqhamuka minyaka yonke futhi izinkulungwane zabantu ziyayidlala. okuqukethwe imidlalo akunakuqhathaniswa nenqwaba yokungcola kolwazi kuma-movie. Umbono wami ukuthi amafilimu awanabo abancintisana nodlame. Amafilimu akhombisa izinto ezisabisayo ngempela: ukuthi kufanele alungiswe kanjani amacala nokuthi kumnandi kanjani ukubulala abantu abanjengawe. Kulesi sici imidlalo ingaphansi kokuphumelela. Ngaphandle kwama-movie sine-TV lapho yonke imibiko yobugebengu ikhombisa izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zokubulala nganoma yini etholakalayo. Awukhathazeki ngakho? Inkantolo yavuma ngaphandle kwemibandela ithonya elibi lemidlalo ku-psyche kaMichael engavuthiwe. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlolwa kwamkhombisa ukuthi ubenele impela! Ngemuva kwalokhu wagwetshwa udilikajele ngaphandle kokuthola ithikithi lekhefu phakathi neminyaka engu-25 yokuqala yesikhathi sakhe. UHarris noKlebold bazokwahlulelwa ngenye inkantolo.