I-athikili yakamuva ka-Natalie Portman eshicileleni elidumile le-inthanethi i-Huffington Post ibangele izingxoxo eziningi. Umlingisi ukhuluma ngohambo lwakhe lokudla imifino futhi wabelana ngemibono yakhe ngencwadi esanda kufundwa ethi Eating Animals ka-Jonathan Safran Foer. Ngokusho kwakhe, ukuhlupheka kwezilwane, okubhalwe encwadini, kuzokwenza wonke umuntu acabange.
Lo mlingisi uyabhala: “Ukudla Izilwane kwangishintsha ekubeni ngumuntu odla imifino oneminyaka engu-20 ngaba isishoshovu sezilwane ezidla inyama. Bengilokhu ngizizwa ngingakhululekile ukugxeka ukukhetha kwabanye, ngoba angizange ngikuthande lapho benza okufanayo kimi. Bengihlale ngesaba ukwenza sengathi ngazi kakhulu kunabanye… Kodwa le ncwadi yangikhumbuza ukuthi izinto ezithile ngeke nje zithuliswe. Mhlawumbe othile uzophikisana ngokuthi izilwane zinezinhlamvu zazo, ukuthi ngamunye wabo ungumuntu. Kodwa ukuhlupheka okulotshwe encwadini kuzokwenza wonke umuntu acabange.”
UNatalie udonsela ukunakekela eqinisweni lokuthi umlobi wencwadi wabonisa ngezibonelo eziqondile lokho ukufuywa kwezilwane okwenziwa kumuntu. Konke sekukhona: kusukela ekungcolisweni kwemvelo okubangela umonakalo empilweni yomuntu, ukwakhiwa kwamagciwane amasha aphuma ekulawuleni, ukulimaza wona kanye umphefumulo womuntu.
U-Portman ukhumbula ukuthi, phakathi nezifundo zakhe, uprofesa wabuza abafundi ngalokho ababecabanga ukuthi kwakuzoshaqisa abazukulu babo esizukulwaneni sethu, ngendlela efanayo nezizukulwane ezalandela, kuze kube manje, zashaqeka ngobugqila, ukucwasa ngokobulili nokucwasa ngokobulili. UNatalie ukholelwa ukuthi ukufuya kuzoba ngenye yezinto ezishaqisayo abazukulu bethu abayokhuluma ngazo lapho becabanga ngesikhathi esidlule.
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