Imibono yamasiko ilolonga indlela imiphakathi ebona futhi iphathe ngayo izilwane—kungaba ngabangane, abantu abangcwele, izinsiza, noma impahla. Le mibono igxile kakhulu emasikweni, enkolweni, nasebunjalo besifunda, ithonya yonke into kusukela kumasiko okudla kuya emikhubeni nemithetho. Kulesi sigaba, sihlola indima enamandla edlalwa isiko ekuthetheleleni ukusetshenziswa kwezilwane, kodwa nokuthi ukulandisa kwamasiko kungaguqukela kanjani ekubeni nozwelo nenhlonipho.
Kusukela ekudunyisweni kokusetshenziswa kwenyama ezindaweni ezithile kuya ekuhlonipheni izilwane kwezinye, isiko akulona uhlaka olumisiwe—liwuketshezi futhi lihlala lilolongwa kabusha ngokuqwashisa kanye namagugu. Imikhuba eyake yabhekwa njengevamile, njengokunikela ngezilwane, ukulima kwasefekthri, noma ukusetshenziswa kwezilwane ekuzijabuliseni, kubatshazwa ngokwandayo njengoba imiphakathi ibhekana nemiphumela yokuziphatha nemvelo. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo bekulokhu kunendima ebalulekile ekubekeni inselele inselele, futhi okufanayo kuyasebenza nasekuphatheni kwethu izilwane.
Ngokugqamisa amazwi avela emiphakathini namasiko ahlukahlukene, sifuna ukunweba ingxoxo ngale kokulandisa okuvelele. Isiko lingaba ithuluzi lokulondoloza—kodwa futhi libe yinguquko. Uma sizibandakanya ngokujulile namasiko nezindaba zethu, sivula umnyango wokuya emhlabeni lapho ukuzwelana kuba okuphakathi kobunikazi bethu obabiwe. Lesi sigaba sikhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano enenhlonipho, ukuzindla, nokucatshangelwa kabusha kwamasiko ngezindlela ezihlonipha kokubili amagugu nempilo.
I-Veganism isiphenduke indlela yokuphila ethandwa kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje, abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe bakhetha ukudla ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni. Lokhu kushintshela ku-veganism kube nomthelela omkhulu ekukhuphukeni kokugunyazwa kosaziwayo kanye nokumela. Kusukela ku-Beyoncé kuya ku-Miley Cyrus, osaziwayo abaningi bamemezele esidlangalaleni ukuzibophezela kwabo ku-veganism futhi basebenzise izinkundla zabo ukukhuthaza izinzuzo zendlela yokuphila esekelwe ezitshalweni. Yize lokhu kuvezwa kwanda ngokungangabazeki kulethe ukunaka nokuqwashisa kulo mbutho, kuphinde kwaqubula izinkulumo mpikiswano ngomthelela wethonya osaziwayo emphakathini wezilwane ezidla inyama. Ingabe ukunakwa nokusekelwa okuvela kubantu abadumile kuyisibusiso noma isiqalekiso somnyakazo we-vegan? Lesi sihloko sizocubungula esihlokweni esiyinkimbinkimbi nesiyimpikiswano sokuthonya kosaziwayo ku-veganism, sihlola izinzuzo ezingaba khona kanye nezithiyo zale nkemba esika nhlangothi zombili. Ngokuhlaziya izindlela osaziwayo abalolonge ngazo umbono nokwamukelwa kwe-veganism,…