Thomas Pool: He aha kāu e haʻi iā mākou e pili ana iā ʻoe iho? Pehea ʻoe i hoihoi ai i ke kiʻi kiʻi a he aha ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai i kāu hana?
ʻO ka Belfast Shooter: Ua kapa ʻia wau ʻo The Belfast Shooter, kahi inoa i hāʻawi ai iaʻu iho no ka mea ke manaʻo nei au ʻo ia kaʻu e hana nei. Hele au a pana ma na alanui o Belfast. He mea hou au i keia. Ua hoʻomaka wau i kaʻu ʻaoʻao Instagram kiʻi kiʻi i ʻeono mahina i hala. He honua hou loa ka paʻi kiʻi iaʻu.
Ua hana au i nā haʻawina media ma ke kulanui, no laila, loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻike ma ke kiʻi. Akā, ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua hāʻule au i loko o kēlā ola ʻeiwa a ʻelima no nā makahiki ʻehiku i hala aku nei a ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa nui e kālele ai i kekahi mea hana. Makemake au e hoʻohana i kaʻu ʻaoʻao ma ke ʻano he ala liʻiliʻi e hōʻike iā Belfast e like me ia ma 2024, a e hoʻokolohua me ke kiʻi.

I ka hiki ʻana mai i kaʻu kaʻa, ʻo ke kumu aʻu i hoʻomaka ai e paʻi kiʻi i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole o Belfast no ka mea i hele mai au mai kahi ʻāina nationalist ma West Belfast. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa kahi hale ma laila, no laila pono wau e neʻe i kahi wahi kūpaʻa ma East Belfast. He mea weliweli ka moʻomeheu no ka mea ua hele au mai ka ʻike ʻana i nā kiʻi kiʻi Irish, nā hae Irish, a me nā mea hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka moʻomeheu Irish a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, aia nā Union Jacks a me nā kiʻi paʻi kūpaʻa ma nā wahi āpau. Ua noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, makemake wau e hana i kahi papahana mai kēia. E hōʻike ana au i ka poʻe i ke ʻano o Belfast i ka makahiki 2024. No laila ʻo ia ka mea i alakaʻi iaʻu e hoʻomaka me nā mea āpau.
TP: He aha nā mea hana āu e hoʻohana ai? He aha ke ʻano o kāu hoʻoponopono a koho ʻana?
TBS: No nā mahina ʻelima mua o kēia papahana, ua hoʻohana au i kaʻu kelepona paʻalima. Ua hoʻohana au i nā polokalamu maʻamau a pau āu e hoʻoiho ai ma ka hale kūʻai app. I nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohana au i kahi kāmela maʻalahi, ʻo ia ka Canon 550D. No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kaʻu mau kiʻi, hoʻohana wau i Adobe Lightroom.
Ma ke ʻano o ke koho ʻana i nā kiʻi, makemake wau e hopu i ka ʻaoʻao politika o nā mea ma nā paia ma Belfast. Makemake au e hōʻike aia kekahi ola ma ʻaneʻi, ma mua o ka politika, no laila ke hoʻāʻo nei au e kiʻi i nā kiʻi hou aʻe o nā poʻe i ko lākou mau kaiapuni o kēlā me kēia lā. Ke ho'āʻo nei au e hopu i kēlā, ʻoiai he mea pupule paha ia ma Belfast me nā mea a pau ma nā paia – noho wale mākou ma ʻaneʻi, me he mea lā he mea maʻamau. No laila, ho'āʻo wau e koho i nā kiʻi e pili ana i nā mea e hōʻike ana i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā no ka poʻe ma aneʻi.

TP: Ke ulu nui nei ka ʻenehana AI ma nā wahi a pau, me ka mea hoʻoponopono kiʻi kiʻi AI hou o Apple, pehea kou manaʻo e hōʻike aku nā mea paʻi kiʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a mālama i ka hilinaʻi me kā lākou poʻe e hele ana i mua? Ke noʻonoʻo nei au i kahi kiʻi āu i kiʻi ai e hōʻike ana i kahi 'Shankill Butcher' i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e komo ana i kahi parade Order Orange - kahi hiʻohiʻona, i loko o kekahi mau makahiki, hiki i nā mea he nui ke ʻōlelo he wahaheʻe a hana ʻia e AI.
TBS: Manaʻolana wau e hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia koʻu ʻano kiʻi. Hoʻopaʻa wau i nā mea e hana nei ma Belfast ma aneʻi a i kēia manawa. ʻO kēlā kiʻi kikoʻī āu e ʻōlelo nei, e ʻike ka poʻe he kiʻi maoli ia. Ua hopu au i ka la 12 o Iulai ma ke alanui Shankill. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike pehea i loko o kekahi mau makahiki e hiki ai i ka poʻe ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻaʻole maoli ia a ʻo AI paha, akā ke hoʻāʻo nei au e hoʻomau i kaʻu hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā hanana e like me ka hana ʻana ma Belfast. Manaʻo wau he pono ko AI no nā mea paʻi kiʻi ke hoʻoponopono i kā lākou hana. Akā, ʻaʻohe oʻu pilikia me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe ua hana wau i kekahi mea; Kiʻi au iā Belfast e like me ia, a maopopo i ka poʻe i ʻike iā Belfast.

TP: ʻO Mark O'Connell ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Irish (ka mea kākau o Nā memo mai kahi Apocalypse a He Loea no ka ino) i kekahi manawa i kakau ai o ka ʻĀkau: “Ke ʻike nei au i ka ʻĀkau ma ke ʻano he ʻāina o ka dissonance ʻike hohonu… E ʻike wau i ka Union Jack e lele ana mai kahi pou kukui, a i ʻole e uku no kekahi mea me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā paona ma mua o ka euro, a ʻike wau iaʻu iho e noʻonoʻo nei i ke kumu o ka poʻe āpau. e hele a puni me he mea lā aia lākou ma Beretania… Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka pōʻaiapili, aneane hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana aia kekahi mea kupanaha e hana nei, kekahi mea hana kiʻi nui a hiki ʻole ke ʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana. ka moʻolelo o ka lāhui. Manaʻo wau pehea kou manaʻo e pili ana i kēia ʻōlelo, a inā paha ia e hōʻike ana i kāu ala e hopu ai i nā kiʻi i kēlā me kēia lā o nā kaiāulu kūpaʻa a me ka repubalika o Belfast, nā hōʻailona, a me nā parade?
TBS: Manaʻo wau ua pololei kēlā ʻōlelo; he nani. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he wahi ʻē loa ʻo Belfast. E like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ua ulu au ma kahi ʻāina kūʻokoʻa, a ʻo ia ka mea hoʻopuʻihaʻi moʻomeheu, neʻe i kahi ʻāina kūpaʻa, ua manaʻo wau e koi ʻia e hoʻomaka i kēia papahana. Pīhoihoi loa au i ka ʻike ʻana i ka 'ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe', nā kiʻi kiʻi kūpaʻa a me nā kaiāulu. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ʻaʻole wau i ʻae a ʻae ʻole paha i nā mea a pau; ʻokoʻa loa ia i ke kaiāulu aʻu i ulu ai.

Akā e hoʻi i ka ʻōlelo, manaʻo wau ʻo ia ka manaʻo o ka poʻe iā Belfast. Ke hele mai ka poʻe malihini a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Belfast, noho ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka Titanic Quarter ma East Belfast a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe. Aia kēia mau mea hoihoi i nā kaiāulu kūpaʻa, no laila e ʻike wale ʻoe i nā Union Jacks a me ka moʻomeheu Pelekane. Akā, he wahi liʻiliʻi loa ia o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma kahi aʻu i ulu ai, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka Union Jack, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike ʻia i kekahi ʻano Pelekane a manaʻo paha aia kekahi ma ka mokupuni ʻo Ireland.
ʻIke au iā Belfast ma ke ʻano he ākea ākea nui, hale kiʻi hele wāwae. ʻO kaʻu mea makemake nui e pili ana i kēia kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia ka hana kiʻi papa ma nā wahi a pau, ʻaʻole nā mea kālai'āina wale nō. He liʻiliʻi ʻo Belfast, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hele maoli ma lalo o kahi alanui i piha i nā kiʻi kiʻi UVF a i ʻole UDA a me Union Jacks, a laila huli i ke kihi a ʻike ʻoe. Tiocfaidh Ár Lá graffiti, hae Irish, a me na mea a pau o Irish. ʻO ia ka Belfast. A inā ʻoe ʻae a ʻae ʻole paha, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui no ka mea ʻo Belfast kēia – kahi piko moʻomeheu me ka nui o ka mōʻaukala, a he wahi leʻaleʻa maikaʻi wale nō ia.
TP: Hoʻohālike kāu hana i ke kuleana o ka mea paʻi kiʻi ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi a me ka mea kākau moʻolelo. He aha ke ʻano o kēia pālua, no ʻoe a me kāu hoʻomaʻamaʻa?

TBS: ʻAʻole wau ka mea kākau maikaʻi loa, a mai koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana i kaʻu ʻaoʻao e palapala iā Belfast, manaʻo wau ʻo ke kiʻi kiʻi ke ala maikaʻi loa e hana ai. He mea nui iaʻu e hōʻike pololei i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua ʻike au iā Belfast i hōʻike hewa ʻole ʻia ma ke kiʻi a me ka media no nā makahiki. Hele ka poʻe mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa e haʻi i kā mākou moʻolelo no mākou, no laila, manaʻo wau he mea koʻikoʻi i kekahi mai Belfast ke hopu iā ia e like me ka mea maoli. Hāʻawi pū wau i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā wahi me kaʻu mau pou, no laila ʻaʻole loaʻa nā kānaka i ka ʻike mai Wikipedia. ʻO ia kaʻu e hopu ai i kēia mau kiʻi e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai iā lākou ma luna o nā palapala palapala maʻemaʻe.
TP: Aia kekahi mau papahana e hiki mai ana āu e hana nei? He aha kāu mea e hiki mai ana?
TBS: ʻO kēia makahiki i hala aku nei ka hapa nui oʻu e aʻo ana a hana i nā pilina, a me nā hewa, a me ke aʻo ʻana mai kēlā mau hewa. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi maoli wau i ka ʻohi ʻana i kahi mea hahai nui ma ka pāpaho pūnaewele, ua wehe maoli i nā puka he nui noʻu. I kēia manawa, ke hana nei au i kekahi mau puke paʻi kiʻi a me ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea pena kiʻi i ka hiʻohiʻona hip-hop o Belfast, he mea ʻoluʻolu loa. No laila, ke nānā nui nei au i ka hiʻohiʻona hip-hop ma ʻaneʻi, a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka palapala ʻana iā Belfast a kau i kaʻu mau kiʻi pili pūnaewele i loko o nā puke kiʻi. Ua kamaʻilio wau me nā lumi lumi lumi ʻelua e hana i kahi hōʻikeʻike o kaʻu hana i kēia makahiki aʻe, akā i kēia manawa, ke aʻo nei au, hana hewa, a ʻike wale i kahi e lawe ai iaʻu.

He mea paʻi kiʻi ka Belfast Shooter nona kāna hana e hopu i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā ma nā kaiāulu o Belfast.