Sekungamakhulu eminyaka, inyama ibhekwa njengengxenye ebaluleke kakhulu kunoma yikuphi ukudla. Inyama yayingaphezu nje kokudla, kwakuyinto yokudla ebaluleke kakhulu futhi ebiza kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokhu, wayebhekwa njengophawu lwamandla omphakathi.
Ngokomlando, inyama yayigcinelwe amatafula abantu abaphezulu, kuyilapho abalimi babedla kakhulu ukudla kwezitshalo. Ngenxa yalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwenyama kwakuhlotshaniswa nezakhiwo zamandla ezivelele emphakathini, futhi ukungabi khona kwayo epuletini kwabonisa ukuthi umuntu uyingxenye yabantu abampofu. Ukulawula ukutholakala kwenyama kwakufana nokulawula abantu.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inyama yaqala ukuba nendima ebalulekile olimini lwethu. Uke waqaphela yini ukuthi inkulumo yethu yansuku zonke igcwele izingathekiso zokudla, ngokuvamile ezisekelwe enyameni?
Umthelela wenyama awuzange udlule izincwadi. Ngokwesibonelo, umbhali oyiNgisi uJanet Winterson usebenzisa inyama njengophawu emisebenzini yakhe. Encwadini yakhe ethi The Passion, ukukhiqizwa, ukusatshalaliswa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwenyama kufanekisela ukungalingani kwamandla enkathini yamaNapoleon. Umlingisi oyinhloko, uVillanelle, uzithengisa emasosheni aseRussia ukuze athole inyama ebalulekile enkantolo. Kukhona nesingathekiso sokuthi umzimba wesifazane ungolunye uhlobo lwenyama kulawa madoda, futhi abuswa inkanuko yenyama. Futhi ukuthanda kukaNapoleon ukudla inyama kufanekisela isifiso sakhe sokunqoba umhlaba.
Yebo, uWinterson akuyena yedwa umbhali obonisa ngenganekwane ukuthi inyama ingasho okungaphezu kokudla nje. Umbhali uVirginia Woolf, encwadini yakhe ethi To the Lighthouse, uchaza isigameko sokulungiselela isitshulu senyama yenkomo esithatha izinsuku ezintathu. Le nqubo idinga umzamo omkhulu kumpheki uMatilda. Lapho inyama isilungele ukuphakelwa, umcabango wokuqala kaNkk. Umuntu ubona umbono wokuthi ilungelo lomuntu obalulekile lokudla inyama engcono kakhulu alinakuphikwa. Incazelo iyafana nekaWinterson: inyama ingamandla.
Ezimweni zanamuhla, inyama isiphenduke indaba kaningi yezingxoxo zenhlalo nezombusazwe, okuhlanganisa ukuthi ukukhiqizwa nokudliwa kwenyama kunomthelela kanjani ekuguqukeni kwesimo sezulu kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo lubonisa umthelela omubi wokudla inyama emzimbeni womuntu. Abantu abaningi badla i-vegan, baba yingxenye yenhlangano efuna ukuguqula isigaba sokudla bese bewisa inyama esicongweni sayo.
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi inganekwane ivame ukuveza izehlakalo zangempela nezindaba zomphakathi, kungase kube ukuthi izingathekiso zenyama zizogcina ziyeke ukuvela kuyo. Yiqiniso, akunakwenzeka ukuthi izilimi zizoshintsha kakhulu, kodwa ezinye izinguquko kumagama nezinkulumo esizijwayele azinakugwenywa.
Lapho isihloko se-veganism sisabalala emhlabeni wonke, izinkulumo ezintsha zizovela. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izingathekiso zenyama zingase ziqale ukubonwa njengezinamandla kakhulu futhi ziphoqelela uma ukubulala izilwane ngenxa yokudla kungamukeleki emphakathini.
Ukuze uqonde ukuthi i-veganism ingaluthinta kanjani ulimi, khumbula ukuthi ngenxa yomzabalazo osebenzayo womphakathi wanamuhla onezimo ezinjengokucwasa, ukucwasa ngokobulili, ukuzonda abantu abathandana nabobulili obufanayo, sekuyinto engamukeleki emphakathini ukusebenzisa amagama athile. I-Veganism ingaba nomphumela ofanayo olimini. Isibonelo, njengoba kusikiselwe yi-PETA, esikhundleni senkulumo esunguliwe ethi "bulala izinyoni ezimbili ngetshe elilodwa", singaqala ukusebenzisa inkulumo ethi "yondla izinyoni ezimbili nge-tortilla eyodwa."
Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ukuthi izinkomba zenyama ngolimi lwethu zizonyamalala ngesikhathi esisodwa - phela, izinguquko ezinjalo zingathatha isikhathi eside. Futhi wazi kanjani ukuthi abantu bazobe bekulungele kangakanani ukuyeka izitatimende ezihloswe kahle wonke umuntu azijwayele?
Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi abanye abakhiqizi benyama yokwenziwa bazama ukusebenzisa amasu ngenxa yokuthi "izopha" njengenyama yangempela. Nakuba izingxenye zezilwane ezitholakala ekudleni okunjalo ziye zathathelwa indawo ezinye, imikhuba edla inyama yesintu ayikayeki ngokuphelele.
Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, abantu abaningi abasekelwe ezitshalweni bayakuphikisa okubizwa ngokuthi “inyama yenkomo,” “inyama egayiwe,” nokunye okunjalo ngenxa yokuthi abafuni ukudla into eyenziwe yabukeka njengenyama yangempela.
Ngandlela-thile, isikhathi kuphela esizosho ukuthi singayikhipha kangakanani inyama nezikhumbuzo zayo empilweni yomphakathi!