ʻO ka moʻomeheu Pū a ʻAmelika: Infatuation, Fetish, a i ʻole kūamuamu?

Ua ala au i kēia kakahiaka i ka nū hou o ka pana hou ʻana me nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia.

Pīhoihoi ka poʻe (eia hou), no laila, ʻoluʻolu mākou i ka liʻiliʻi o kēia lilo ʻana i nūhou ʻo "ho-hum, meh". Akā ehia mau manawa pinepine e loaʻa ai kēia pōpilikia ma mua o ko mākou hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā mea i hōʻino ʻia a me mākou iho ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i kēia hanaʻino kaiapili ʻAmelika.

Ua neʻe wau i 26 mau makahiki i hala i United States, kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai iaʻu kahi manawa ʻoihana. Ua hauʻoli wau e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana i kahi ʻāina i kū i ka idealism a lilo wau i ipukukui o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā malihini he miliona. Ua makaʻala nō hoʻi wau no ka lilo ʻana o ʻAmelika i mea hilahila ʻole no kāna "moʻomeheu pū," i loaʻa maʻalahi i nā mea kaua a me nā pōkā, a me nā kī pinepine a me nā luku ʻana.

He mea huhū ʻole ia i koʻu pule mua ma aneʻi, aia ke kī ʻana o ke kula ma koʻu ʻāina hānau hou, a e hāʻawi wau i kahi haʻi ʻōlelo i hoʻomākaukau mua ʻia no ka "Violence in America." Ua noʻonoʻo wau he serendipity paha kēia a i ʻole syn Synicity. ʻO ka wikiwiki i kēia manawa, a inā he mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana kipi i kēia ʻāina. ʻAʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, koe wale no nā kahua kaua a me nā wahi kaua, aia kahi ʻāina me nā helu weliweli o nā ʻeha a me nā make ma muli o nā pū.

Pehea e hiki ai i kēia ʻāina kū hoʻokahi, me nā kūʻokoʻa lili a me nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia, kāna mau ʻike i ka ʻepekema, kāna hana i nā hana noʻeau a me nā leka, kāna huahana a me ka waiwai waiwai, kāna mau kula aʻoi loa a me nā helu Nobel Laureates, he pū. -hoʻonui maikaʻi ʻia ka make ma mua o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me nā ʻāina ʻōiwi ʻē aʻe?

He kūpono a hōʻoia ʻia nā helu helu aʻe, akā aneane hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo: aia he 35,000 mea make e pili ana i ka pū i ka US i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka poʻe ʻAmelika he 10 mau manawa e pepehi ʻia e nā pū ma mua o ka poʻe i nā ʻāina kūkulu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka nui o ka pepehi kanaka e pili ana i ka pū ʻAmelika he 25 mau manawa ke kiʻekiʻe, a me ka helu o ke kūpilikiʻi e pili ana i ka pū i 8 mau manawa ke kiʻekiʻe, ma mua o nā lāhui loaʻa kālā kiʻekiʻe. Na ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ka hapalua o nā pū a pau o ka honua, me nā helu ʻona kanaka kīwila i ka stratosfer i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻāina kūkulu ʻē aʻe.

Minamina e ʻōlelo, hoʻomanaʻo mākou, me ka haʻalulu, nā inoa o nā kula ke ʻano o nā kī nui ʻana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei: Sandy Hook; Columbine; Parkland; ʻEnehana Virginia; Saugus. . . Ua lawa paha? Hiki koke iaʻu ke papa inoa i nā mea hou aku, akā he ʻeha loa kēia hana, me ka puʻuwai kaumaha loa.

Ua aʻo anei mākou i kekahi mea? Nīnau wau no ka mea i loko o 46 mau pule i kēia makahiki a hiki i kēia manawa, ua hala nā pana o ke kula 45 a me nā pana nui he 369 ma kēia ʻāina, me nā moʻolelo pilikino a me nā ʻohana ʻehaʻeha hoʻi.

No laila, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ke ola o wau, "No ke aha kēia hana?!" a "No ke aha ma ʻAmelika wale nō?"

No ke aha mai...?

• Loaʻa maʻalahi nā pū ma aneʻi?
• Ke hoʻowahāwahā nei paha ka poʻe kālaiʻāina e hoʻoponopono a kāohi i ka loaʻa / hiki ke loaʻa o nā pū?
• He nui loa nā luna kau kānāwai i ka sway (a me ka ʻeke) o ka National Rifle Association (NRA)?
• ʻO ka Hoʻololi ʻelua (e hiki ai i ka mea kaua o nā pūʻali koa) i hoʻokumu paʻa ʻia i ka psyche ʻAmelika? (ʻOiai pēlā, no ke aha e mālama ʻole ai i kēlā Hoʻololi, akā e hoʻohui i nā rula e pale aku i nā mea kaua mai ka hāʻule ʻana i ka lima o nā keiki a i ʻole hoʻonāukiuki ʻia ka manaʻo, kolohe, lāhui, a i ʻole kekahi mau mea weliweli ʻē aʻe?)
• Kūʻai ākea ʻia a kūʻai ʻia aku paha nā mea kaua semiautomatic a kahua kaua paha, a i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kamaʻāina o kēlā me kēia lā?
• Pono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana no nā keiki ma ke kula haʻahaʻa, waena, a me nā kula kiʻekiʻe a me nā koleke no ka pale ʻana mai ka "mea pana aʻe" e hōʻea ana? (ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike a me ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka scaremongering a me ka panic-inducing.)
• Ua pāpā ʻia nā kauka, nā epidemiologists, a me nā ʻepekema ʻē aʻe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka noiʻi pekelala no ka hana ʻino a ka pū, ʻoiai he maʻi ahulau olakino maoli kēia a me kahi pōʻino kaiaulu.

Ma ke ʻano he psychiatrist, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo wiwo ʻole ʻaʻole ia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā maʻi noʻonoʻo ma aneʻi. No ke aha mākou i loaʻa ai nā pū a me nā mea pana? He huahana paha kēia o kā mākou Hana Hou ʻelua? Ko mākou moʻolelo Wild Wild? ʻO kā mākou hoʻomana i kēlā me kēia kanaka? ʻO ko mākou antipathy i ka kaohi aupuni a me nā lula?

Inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo e hana nā pū i nā kāne (ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā wahine) e manaʻo he palekana, ʻoi aku ka ikaika, a i ʻole he virile paha, no ke aha e kūpono ai kēia ma ʻAmelika wale nō. No ke aha, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia no nā kāne ma ʻEnelani, Kuekene, Kanada, Kelemania, Israel, Iapana, Kina, Palani, ʻApelika Hema, a me ʻAukekulia paha?

ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke pale aku i nā kī ʻana a pau, akā aia he hōʻike ikaika e hiki ai iā mākou ke hōʻemi nui i nā helu o kēia mau hanana pōʻino. I nā ʻāina i hoʻolauna i ka hoʻoponopono paʻa ʻana o nā mea kaua, aia nā kulu nui i ka hanana o ka nui a me ka pepehi kanaka ʻana a me nā hanana o ka hōʻeha ponoʻī a me ka hana kūloko me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pū.

Akā ʻaʻole ma ʻAmelika.

"ʻAmelika wale nō" e ʻōlelo ʻia me ke kahaha a me ka weliweli. ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i lilo i mea hakakā me nā mea kōkua mua a me nā lāhui holomua no nā kumu he nui. ʻO ka laulā, hoʻomāinoino hoʻomāinoino ʻole ʻia o nā mea kaua ma aneʻi kekahi o nā ʻano hoʻohaʻahaʻa a pau o ko mākou ʻāina i hala iho nei. ʻO kēia mea minamina o kā mākou moʻomeheu i hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui i ko mākou lawehala a me ke aloha, a me ko mākou kūlana alakaʻi alakaʻi hoʻokahi.

He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o kēia.

Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina, ʻike wau he mea weliweli kā mākou hana kolohe, ʻaʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia, moekolohe, makaʻu ʻole, hewa ʻole, a makaʻu ʻole ʻia. He mea hoʻohilahila hoʻi, hilahila, hoʻohaʻahaʻa, a hoʻohaʻahaʻa.

ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻaʻole pono a pale ʻia kā mākou hana kolohe pū.