Kungani abantu bevame ukushintshela endleleni yokuphila yemifino? Ngezizathu zokuziphatha, ufuna ukusindisa imvelo, noma ngenxa nje yokukhathazeka ngempilo yakho? Lo mbuzo uvame ukuthakasela abasaqalayo-abadla imifino.
UProfesa waseRutgers University (eNew Jersey, e-U.S.A.), isazi semfundiso yenkolo esaziwayo sokudla imifino nenyama uGary Francion uthola amakhulu ezincwadi nsuku zonke ezinombuzo ofanayo. Uprofesa usanda kuveza imicabango yakhe ngalokhu endabeni ethi ( Veganism: Ethics, Health or the Environment). Ngamafuphi, impendulo yakhe ithi: kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lezi zici zingahluka kanjani, nokho, cishe akukho mehluko phakathi kwazo.
Ngakho-ke, umzuzu wokuziphatha usho ukungahlanganyeli ekuxhashazweni nasekubulaweni kwezidalwa eziphilayo, futhi lokhu kuhlobene eduze nokusetshenziswa komqondo ongokomoya wokuthi "ukungabi nobudlova", ovezwa kumbono we-Ahimsa. I-Ahimsa – ukugwema ukubulala nodlame, ukulimala ngesenzo, ngamazwi nangemicabango; okuyisisekelo, ubuhle bokuqala bazo zonke izinhlelo zefilosofi yamaNdiya.
Izindaba zokulondoloza impilo yethu kanye nokuvikela indawo esihlala kuyo sonke - konke lokhu kuyingxenye yomqondo wokuziphatha kanye nowomoya "wokungabi nodlame".
“Sinesibopho sokulondoloza impilo yethu, hhayi ngokwethu kuphela, kodwa nangenxa yabathandekayo bethu: abantu nezilwane ezisithandayo, zinamathele kithi futhi ezithembele kithi,” kusho uGary Francion.
Ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo yezilwane kubonakala kakhulu isayensi yesimanje njengomthombo wokulimala okukhulu empilweni. Abantu futhi banomthwalo wemfanelo wokuziphatha ngendawo ezungezile, ngisho noma le ndawo inganikezwanga amandla okuhlupheka. Phela konke okusizungezile: amanzi, umoya, izitshalo ziyikhaya kanye nomthombo wokudla wezidalwa eziningi ezizwelayo. Yebo, mhlawumbe isihlahla noma utshani akuzwakali lutho, kodwa amakhulu ezidalwa ancike ebukhoneni bawo, okuqonda kahle konke.
Ukufuywa kwezilwane ezimbonini kucekela phansi futhi kucekele phansi imvelo nakho konke okuphilayo okukuyo.
Enye yezimpikiswano ezithandwayo ngokumelene ne-veganism isimangalo sokuthi ukuze sidle izitshalo kuphela, kuzodingeka sithathe izindawo ezinkulu zomhlaba ngaphansi kwezitshalo. Le mpikiswano ayihlangene neqiniso. Eqinisweni, okuphambene kuyiqiniso: ukuze sithole ikhilogremu eyodwa yenyama noma ubisi, kudingeka sondle amakhilogremu amaningi okudla kwemifino esilwaneni esiyisisulu. Njengoba sesiyekile “ukulima” umhlaba, okungukuthi, ukubhubhisa yonke into emila kuwo ekuqaleni, ukuze kukhiqizwe ifolishi, sizokhulula izindawo ezinkulu zokuzibuyisela emvelweni.
UProfesa Francion uphetha indaba yakhe ngala mazwi: “Uma ungeyena umuntu odla inyama, yiba munye. Kulula ngempela. Lokhu kuzosiza impilo yethu. Lokhu kuzosiza iplanethi yethu. Lokhu kulungile ngokombono wokuziphatha. Iningi lethu limelene nodlame. Asithathe isikhundla sethu sithathe igxathu elibalulekile ekunciphiseni udlame emhlabeni, siqale ngalokho esikufaka eziswini zethu.”