Eyona Ezopolitiko Kutheni le nto uSean Penn Whitewash a Crimes of a Violent Kingpin Kingpin?

Kutheni le nto uSean Penn Whitewash a Crimes of a Violent Kingpin Kingpin?

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Indoda ifunda inqaku malunga nenkosi yeziyobisi uJoaquin Guzman, aka El Chapo, ebonisa umfanekiso wakhe (R) kunye nomlingisi wase-US uSean Penn, kwiwebhusayithi yeRolling Stone imagazini, eMexico City, nge-10 kaJanuwari 2016. (Ifoto: ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP / imifanekiso kaGetty)



Ngo-2014 ndanikezela ngo-Sean Penn ngomnye weeNtshatsheli zethu ezixabisekileyo zamaJuda kwi-gala yethu eneenkwenkwezi. Wajoyina izinto ezifana no-Elie Wiesel, uSir Ben Kingsley, uMiriam noSheldon Adelson, uGqirha Mehmet Oz, uSenator uCory Booker, uSenator Robert Menendez, kunye noSenator Ted Cruz. Ngoku, abantu bafuna ukuba silirhoxise ibhaso.

Andiyi. Wayifumana ngokufanelekileyo kunye nesikwere Ukubeka ubomi bakhe esichengeni ukuze asindise usomashishini ongumYuda ngewayeswelekele kwisihogo saseBolivia ngezityholo zobuxoki.

Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba ndingahlala ndithe cwaka ebusweni bokuba u-Sean enze mhlophe amatyala omnye wababulali abadumileyo beli xesha lethu, u-El Chapo.

Inqaku lakutshanje likaMnu. Penn malunga nenkosi yeziyobisi yaseMexico uJoaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, owaziwa njengo-El Chapo, undishiya ndibindekile. Intlanganiso yakhe kunye ne-kingpin kunye nebali elilandelayo elichaza ukudibana kwabo bancedwa Amatye agiqekayo - kwaeli phephancwadi lalicinga ukuba kungaphola ukubonisa iBomber Bomber njengenkwenkwezi ye-rock ngoku ibona kufanelekile ukupapasha inqaku lokupeyinta esinye sezona zaphuli-mthetho zinxanelwe igazi elinetyala lokubulala amawaka kunye nokufumana izigidi zibambeke kwiziyobisi njengosomashishini oncumileyo, nongaqondakaliyo.

Ngubani onokumthemba umntu ovumileyo ukuba ubulele amawaka amabini okanye amathathu abantu?

Ngelixa ndimjonga uSean njengomhlobo, kwaye ndingazihlonipha izinto ezintle ezintle azenzileyo ukunceda amahlwempu eHaiti, nangona kunjalo ndiyothuswa ziimbono azibonisayo kweli nqaku. Umnumzana uPenn uxelela uEl Chapo, Inomdla wam yayikukubuza imibuzo kwaye ndihambise iimpendulo zakhe, ukulinganiswa ngabafundi, nokuba balinganisile okanye bayadelela. Kwaye okwangoku, ukusetyenziswa kukaMnu. Umnumzana uPenn uzobe uthelekiso phakathi kweenqwelomoya kwelinye icala kunye nabasebenzisi baseMelika kwelinye.

Umnumzana uPenn ucacisa ukuba, ngo-Okthobha wonyaka ophelileyo, waqala ukusebenza nomlingisi waseMexico uKate del Castillo, owakwaziyo ukunxibelelana no-El Chapo kwaye wabalungiselela intlanganiso efihlakeleyo yabo kunye nenkosi yeziyobisi. Oku, emva kokuba uNks. Del Castillo wabhala i-Tweet engaqhelekanga eyayibhenela ukulunga kombulali. Ngaba wayezama ukuba nguLenie Riefenstahl wakhe?

Uvelwano lwakhe luyabonakala kwinkcazo yakhe kaKate. Uyamncoma njengomntu othetha phandle kwezopolitiko, ezokwabelana ngesondo kunye nenkolo kwaye uphakathi koomoya abazimeleyo abanesibindi idemokhrasi eyakhelwe ukukhusela kwaye ayinakubakho ngaphandle kwayo. Ngelishwa ikwayile Kate wayeke wakubhala ukungathembani kwakhe kurhulumente waseMexico kwaye waveza ukuba kumcimbi wokuthembana phakathi koorhulumente kunye neebhodi, abakhe baya ku-El Chapo. Ngubani onokumthemba umntu ovumileyo ukuba ubulele amawaka amabini okanye amathathu abantu?

Le Kate inye ngokucacileyo yayinamathemba aphezulu malunga nokubanakho kwesi sigebenga xa babethumela umyalezo kuTwitter, Kuthekani ukuba uEl Chapo waqala ukurhweba ngothando? Uqhubeke ngokuchaza umfanekiso wakhe onethemba ngo-El Chapo, ebuza ukuba ingaba iMexico izakubanjani xa eqala ukwakha iindlela kwaye ebuyisela ebantwini. Ngaba konke oku akunangxolo yangaphambili nenkosi yeziyobisi yaseColumbian kunye nombulali osisibulala uPablo Escobar owayegubungele ulwaphulo-mthetho olunegazi ngobubele eluntwini? Angaba njani uNaïve? Ukunika isemthethweni sokubulala kunye nokushicilela okuqinisekileyo kukuziphatha kakubi kwaye kububudenge.

Andikwazi ukuyilandela impikiswano ethi ulutsha oludubula iheroin ngenaliti yimilinganiselo yokuziphatha elingana nebaleka iziyobisi isusa intatheli ukuthunga uloyiko kupapasho lwayo.

Umnumzana uPenn uchaza indlela awafumana ngayo ukugxekwa okuninzi kwezi zimvo, kodwa ukuba uluvo lukaKate kwabelwana ngalo eMexico. Ndicinga ukuba wayengabandakanyi izigidi zabantu baseMexico ababomi babo butshabalalisiwe ziziyobisi, ubundlobongela kunye nokubulala, okanye abantu baseMexico abangama-30,000 ababulawa kulo nyaka kuphela ngogonyamelo lwenqwelo.

Umnumzana uPenn ubhala ukuba uKate wakhula njani ngobuhlobo no-El Chapo kule minyaka idlulileyo, enxibelelana ngomyalezo obhaliweyo kwaye ecwangcisa ukwenza imovie ngobomi bakhe.

Umnumzana uPenn ucacisa ubukhosi beziyobisi njengobonwa ngabaninzi njengomfanekiso kaRobin Hood owanikezela ngeenkonzo ezifuneka kakhulu kwiintaba zaseSinaloa… umzobo omiliselwe kwiintsomi zaseMexico. Funda: Escobar Redux.

Kwinqaku lakhe, umnumzana uPenn ubonakala ngathi uthatha igama lika-El Chapo ngokubhekisele ekusebenziseni kwakhe ubundlobongela, echaza, ndathuthuzeleka ngendlela ekhethekileyo yedumela lika-El Chapo phakathi kweentloko zabathengisi beziyobisi eMexico: ukuba, ngokungafaniyo noogxa bakhe uzibandakanya ekuthinjweni nokubulala, u-El Chapo ngusomashishini kuqala, kwaye ubhenela kugonyamelo kuphela xa ebona kufanelekile kuye okanye kwishishini lakhe.

Loo mgca uya kuhla nge-infamy. Ukuxhuma phambili kweMao kulamba indlala mhlawumbi ezizigidi ezingama-30 yayikukukhulisa uqoqosho lwaseTshayina njengoko kwabakho ukudityaniswa kukaStalin kweefama ezazibulala amashumi ezigidi ngokufanayo.

Umnumzana uPenn unika umnqweno osoloko ulangazelela phakathi kwabantu abaninzi ekuthiwa ngabasebenzi bezoluntu ukuba bazobe ukulingana kokuziphatha xa kungekho. Kule nto, uzama ukuyibeka phakathi kuka-El Chapo kunye nabantu baseMelika. Ngaba thina, luluntu lwaseMelika, asiyiyo le nto siyenzayo? Ubuza. Singabathengi, kwaye ngenxa yoko, siyabandakanyeka kuko konke ukubulala, nakulo lonke urhwaphilizo lokukwazi kweziko ukukhusela umgangatho wobomi kubemi baseMexico naseMelika obuza ngenxa yesifiso esingenakuthanani neziyobisi ezingekho mthethweni .

Impazamo. Andikwazi ukuyilandela impikiswano ethi ulutsha oludubula iheroin ngenaliti yimilinganiselo yokuziphatha elingana nebaleka iziyobisi isusa intatheli ukuthunga uloyiko kupapasho lwayo.

Echaza intlanganiso esemthethweni nenkosi yeziyobisi, uPenn uxela indlela uEl Chapo avula ngayo umnyango kaKate kwaye ambulise njengentombi ebuya ekholejini.

Umnumzana uPenn utolikela ilizwe lethu ukwaphula umthetho nokuvalelwa entolongweni ngenxa yamatyala athile eziyobisi njengombuzo wokuziphatha okuhle. Uchaza ubundlobongela obugqithisileyo abajamelana nabo amabanjwa kwiintolongo zethu kwaye ubuza ukuba, Ngaba sithi yintoni inkqubo yenkcubeko yethu, nasesandleni sethu ngqo nakwimbono yethu, ayabelani nhlobo ngokufana nalawo masikizi anokuba nxamnye nokubulawa kwe-narco eJuarez? Ngamanye amazwi, into yokuba iintolongo zethu zingalunganga, kwaye thina njengesizwe khange senze lukhulu ekuphuculeni ubomi basezintolongweni, isenza sifanane neenqwelo ezixhwila, zihlukumeza, zidlwengula kwaye zibulala amashumi amawaka abantu. Ehlabathini uSean Penn, sonke sibi.

Ebalisa ngentlanganiso yakhe nenkosi yeziyobisi, uMnumzana uPenn uxelela indlela uEl Chapo avula ngayo umnyango kaKate kwaye umbulisa njengentombi ebuya ekholejini. Kubonakala kubalulekile kuye ukubonisa uthando olufudumeleyo ngobuqu, kude kube ngoku, wayenethuba lokunxibelelana ekude kuphela.

Le Kate ukuba uSean abhale kangaka kakhulu ibonakala inomdla kumbulali.

Ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa, uMnumzana uPenn uxelela uEl Chapo, bendiqonda ukuba kwingxelo ephambili ye-narcos, uhanahaniso oluculekileyo lukwisivumelwano sabathengi. Uqhubeka ngokuhlasela umlo kwiziyobisi, ebhala indlela ekuncede ngayo ukubulala abantwana bethu, ukucima uqoqosho lwethu, ukoyikisa amapolisa kunye neenkundla, ukukhetha iipokotho zethu, ukugcwala iintolongo zethu nokubetha ixesha. Omnye umlo wosuku ulahlekile.

UMnu uPenn kufuneka akholelwe ukuba ukwenza iziyobisi ngokusemthethweni kuyimpendulo. Uyaqhubeka, kwaye ulahlekile ngayo, nawuphina umbono onokubakho wohlengahlengiso, okanye ukwamkelwa kwezibonelelo eziqinisekisiweyo kwamanye amazwe amaninzi afezekisiwe ngokusesikweni ngokusemthethweni kweziyobisi zokuzonwabisa. Kodwa nokuba intsangu ibinokubhaliswa ngokusemthethweni e-US njengoko kunjalo eColorado, e-Oregon kwaye, ngokuyintloko, eWashington D.C., ngaba oko bekuya kuxolela i-heroine yokuhambisa i-El Chapo? Ngaba yayiza kumkhulula kulwaphulo-mthetho lokubulala iintatheli eziqikelelwa kwi-100, uninzi lwazo lunamalungu osapho?

UMnu. Penn uchaza ukungabikho kwamathandabuzo emehlweni ka-El Chapo kwaye uthi kungenxa yokuba, ukungabinamphefumlo… yayingekuko ukuba imeko yam yokuziphatha yayinyanzelekile ukuba ndiyamkele kuye? Ngaba yayingekuko ukungabinamphefumlo ekufuneka ndibone kuye ukuze ndibonwa apha ngaphandle kwePollyanna? Umxolisi? Uyaqhubeka, ndizamile kakhulu bakhaya. Ndenze njalo. Kwaye ndizikhumbuze amaxesha amaninzi malunga nelahleko yobomi engakholelekiyo, ukonakala okukhoyo kuzo zonke iimbombo zehlabathi le-narco.

Umnumzana uPenn utyhila, Le ndoda ilula evela kwindawo elula, ejikelezwe luthando olulula loonyana bakhe kuyise, kunye nabo, ayindibethi njengengcuka enkulu embi.

Wayelindele ntoni uMnu. Ngaba uEl Chapo uya kuba neentloko zabo kwi-spike? Ngaba wayelindele ukubona intsalela yeentatheli zitsaliwe kwaye zahlulwahlulwa? Angaba ngu-naïve njani? Ungumdlali weqonga. Ngaba akayazi i-PR stunt xa eyibona?

Kubonakala ngathi ufikelela kwisigqibo sokuziphatha sokuba ubukho bukaChapo buzisa imibuzo yokuntsonkotha kwenkcubeko kunye nemeko, yokusinda kunye nongxowankulu, amafama kunye neetekhnoloji, oosomashishini abakrelekrele bayo yonke into, abanye bathi isilivere, kwaye abanye bakhokele.

Umnumzana uPenn uveza ubungqina obungaqhelekanga obuhamba nobudlelwane bakhe nabanye oozwilakhe bangaphambili, bafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba ubukho buka-El Chapo buzisa imibuzo yokuntsonkotha kwenkcubeko kunye nemeko, yabasindileyo kunye nongxowankulu, amafama kunye neetekhnoloji, oosomashishini abakrelekrele bayo yonke into, bambi bathi isilivere, abanye bakhokele.

Kwakhona, oku akunanto yakwenza nenqaku labantu abamsulwa kunye namalungu osapho lwabo ababulawa kabuhlungu ngu-El Chapo. Akukho bunzima benkcubeko kunye nomxholo xa kufikwa ekunqunyulweni intloko.

Isimo sengqondo sika-El Chapo kunye nezizathu zakhe zikhumbuza uMnu uPenn kaTony Montana kwifilimu Scar Face-ukhetha isicatshulwa kuTony Montana esityhilayo. Kwindawo yesidlo sangokuhlwa xa wayesilwa esidlangalaleni nenkosikazi yakhe, uTony waya kwintetho yakhe egwenxa: Nina nonke niligquba leempundu ezirhuqayo. Uyazi ukuba kutheni? Awunaso isibindi sokuba yile nto ufuna ukuba yiyo. Ufuna abantu abafana nam. Ufuna abantu abafana nam. Ke ungalatha iminwe yakho etshayayo uze uthi, ‘Ngumntu ombi lowo.’ Ke yenza ntoni loo nto? Kulungile? Awulunganga. Uyayazi nje indlela yokufihla… indlela yokuxoka. Mna? Andinangxaki. Mna ?! Ndihlala ndithetha inyani naxa ndixoka. Yithi ngokulala kakuhle kumntu ombi. Ndiyabulela. Ixesha lokugqibela uza kubona umntu ombi onje kwakhona, lemme tell ya!

UTony Montana, kwabaninzi, ligorha eliluhlobo-umntu onzima, uhlobo lwendoda yokwenyani abanqwenela ukuba bangaba njalo. Ukuthelekiswa kuyasokolisa ngenxa yeso sizathu sodwa, kwaye uMnu Penn ushwankathela isimilo sokuziphatha okuhle azama ukukungqina kweli nqaku kule migca, ngeli xabiso: Uyayazi nje indlela yokufihla… indlela yokuxoka. Mna? Andinangxaki.

Iinkcazo ezinjalo azicacanga kwaphela ekuchazeni umbulali omkhulu. Emva kokutya nje ngokungakhathali nokuhlekisa, inkosi yathabatha umpu omde onqatyisiweyo yatshintsha yaba sisikrweqe somzimba sokuzikhusela — umboniso uMnu. Penn awuchaza njenge Clark Kent-into-Superman extravaganza. Ndixolele uSean, kodwa uLex Luther uza ngakumbi engqondweni kunoSuperman.

Ekupheleni kwesidlo, uEl Chapo uchukumisa uMnu. Penn njengoko ebamba ngamnye wabo [abapheki] ngesandla esihle; ubanika umbulelo, kwaye ujonge, uyasimema nathi ukuba senze njalo.

Kuwo onke amanqaku uSean akabonisi zinkcukacha ukuba yayiyintoni kanye kanye kwaye bangaphi abantu abahlala kongendawo.

UMnu. Penn naye uchaza ubutshaba bukaEl Chapo. Kwakufuneka baphinde badibane, kwiintsuku ezisibhozo kamva, kodwa uhlaselo lukarhulumente waseMexico lwanyanzela uEl Chapo ukuba angene nzulu phantsi komhlaba. Ugqibe ekubeni athumele imibuzo ka-El Chapo aza kuyiphendula kwividiyo yewebhu. Emva kokulibaziseka kwexesha elide ekufumaneni iimpendulo, uMnumzana uPenn uthi ekugqibeleni wafumanisa ukuba uEl Chapo ngumntu othobekileyo, wasemaphandleni waseMexico, obona indawo yakhe emhlabeni inika iwindow kwimfumba engaqhelekanga yokungafani kwenkcubeko. Kwacaca ukuba umfama ongumlimi-oguqukileyo-ozigidigidi-inkosi yeziyobisi wabonakala ngathi woyisiwe kwaye ngandlel 'ithile edidekile yingcinga yokuba anganomdla kwihlabathi elingaphaya kweentaba.

Umnumzana uPenn uqhubeka, kwaye ukulibaziseka kwemihla ngemihla kunokubonisa ukungazithembi kuye, njengomntu ofikisayo okwishumi elivisayo onamahloni okuhamba engakhange akhonjwe phambi kwekhamera. Ngaba ungumntu ofikisayo othobekileyo? Kwaye xa ucinga ukuba uSean wenze ngokwaneleyo ukubonisa ukuba u-El Chapo ngekhe enzakalise impukane, wongeza, ngokubhekisele kwirekhodi lakhe lokubulawa kwabantu ngegazi, nangayiphi na into ebangelwe yile ndoda. Kuwo onke amanqaku, umnumzana uPenn akaniki zinkcukacha malunga nokuba yayiyintoni kanye kanye kwaye bangaphi abantu abatshabalalisileyo.

Akukho nkcazo yemizimba engama-30 yamadoda nabafazi abamsulwa baseMexico abadutyulwa entloko baphoswa ecaleni kwendlela. Iintatheli ezaba nesibindi sokubhala malunga ne-El Chapo's cartel yafunyanwa nemizimba yabo ijijekile ngeembumbulu. Ukuqhushumisa, ukunqumka kweziqhushumbisi — zonke ezi zinto zikhutshelwe inceba endaweni kaEl Chapo, inkwenkwana yasefama emsulwa ekhule ihlwempuzekile ibingenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuba yinkosi yeziyobisi.

Umnumzana uPenn ugqiba ngokubhala udliwanondlebe, evumela u-kingpin ukuba acoce umfanekiso wakhe kwaye aqhubeke nokusasaza ipropaganda yakhe.

Umnumzana uPenn ufumene uluvo kwelinye icala, kwaye yeyiphi into kum ukuqinisekiswa kwesimumu-umboniso wokwenza iidemon okuye kwafuna ukuba kugxilwe ngokungaqhelekanga kwii-asethi ekubanjweni okanye ekubulaweni komntu ngamnye omnyama.

Ekuqaleni kwale kholamu, uMnumzana uPenn waqala ngesicatshulwa endingasayiqondi ukufaneleka kwayo. Ubhala amazwi kaMontaigne owathi, Imithetho yesazela, esizenza ngathi ivela kwindalo, iqhubeka ngokwesiko. Ngokunikezelwa kwendlela yokuziphatha ehambelana ngqo nentliziyo yakhe, ikhowuti iyavakala. Ngamehlo kaMnu. Kule meko yokugqwetha, urhulumente waseMexico umbi, u-El Chapo umlweli wenkululeko waseRobin Hood ongenguye onobundlobongela, kwaye iziyobisi ezithunyelwa ngaphandle ngu-El Chapo kufanele ukuba zibe semthethweni kwasekuqaleni-kutheni ke wonke umntu ecaphuka kangaka?

Eyona nto iphambili kukuba ngelixa sonke sinoxanduva lokuqaphela kwaye sincedise ukomeleza abantu kwizenzo zabo ezilungileyo, kufuneka sikwabonisa ukuba baphazame kakhulu. Ndazingca kakhulu ngokunika uSean ibhaso phambi kwamajelo eendaba ehlabathi ngokusindisa ubomi obungenatyala obenzekileyo bubu Yuda.

Ndimi kweso sigqibo.

Kodwa xa kufikwa kumzamo kaSean Penn wokumhlophe u-El Chapo kunye nokuzoba ukulingana kokuziphatha phakathi kweenkampani ezihambisa iziyobisi nabantu baseMelika, kufuneka nditsho, udliwanondlebe lukaSean lwalahleka.

URabi Shmuley Boteach, uMfundisi waseMelika, ungumbhali wehlabathi othengisa kakhulu iincwadi ezingama-30, ophumeleleyo kukhuphiswano lwe-The London Times Preacher of the Year, kunye nomamkeli we-American Jewish Press Association's Award Award for Excellence in Commentary. Kungekudala uza kupapasha i-Israel Warrior's Handbook.

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