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THE UNSTOPPABLE HATRED Around the world, some people hate, fight or kill each other because of things

that happened decades ago or because of reasons that were long forgotten. These fightings and this loathe are called feuds. The article Just When History eemed ecure, !e"isiting a #eud !aises $oubt published on April %&, %''(, written by an author of The )rlando entinel, Jim !obinson, talks about the feud between the *arbers and +i,ells which started after the American -i"il War and surfaced se"eral times since then. The feud hadn.t been talked about for a long time, until John +ikell finally decided to resume it. He is linked with the *arber family, and as most of the historians think of the *arbers as the guilty ones in the case, +ikell was trying pro"e their innocence. He stated that there was actually no feud, and it had been all about the +i,ells power struggle, and he clearly said that the +i,ells were traitors. These statements ironically inflamed the feud once again. There are se"eral reasons why the feud might ha"e started. /n the 0/0. -entury, The +i,ells and the *arbers had different opinions on political issues1 The +i,ells were 2ankees that supported !epublicans, and the *arbers were southern democrats who didn.t like norhern 2ankees. After the ci"il war destroyed the *arbers. cattle empire, they refused to pay the cattle ta3 that the !epublicans le"ied. Howe"er, sheriff $a"id +i,ell took their cattles as payment. 4ater on, sheriff was shot and killed in 5enans"ille. 6e"ertheless, there was no actual proof that the *arbers had done it. Afterwards, $a"id.s brother John +i,ell wanted to a"enge his brother and he cruelly killed eight members of the *arber family, which lead to the on7going, fatal blood feud.

Just like the feud between the -apulets and +ontegues that is told in the classic of hakespeare !omeo and Juliet, this feud includes "iolence. +oreo"er, like in !omeo and Juliet, this feud has been continuing for a long time and most probably some of the members don.t e"en know or understand the reason why the immense hatred e3ists. Howe"er, in the book, we don.t see any killings if we e3clude the deaths of star7crossed lo"ers !omeo and Juliet as they committed suicide8 but we see "iolence. /n the article, we can see not 9ust "iolence, but also homicide. *esides, the feud between the +ontagues and the -apulets ends with the tragic deaths of !omeo and 9uliet, whereas the feud between the *arbers and the +i,ells is unstoppable unless the members of the families make the decision to stop fighting. The article clearly mentions the reasons why the feud started. /n detail, it tells about those times and the political arguments between the two sides. After that, it talks about John +ikell, restarting the feud. What happened after that is missing. +ore reasearch about the feud may help me to find more current information about it. +y opinion on this is pretty clear1 6othing makes killing right or logical. 5illing someone because of a family affair is too e3treme. Hatred / can comprehend, but before someone is killed, a solution must be found. #urhtermore, this hatred shouldn.t be inherited to the ne3t generations. This shoud not be their fights8 because they are not the ones who started it. A child shoudn.t be responsible for his father.s failures and his father.s honour. -aring and lo"ing someone is different8 but killing for someone is definitely unacceptable. The feuds of the *arbers and the +i,ells and the feuds of the +ontegues and the -apulets pro"e us that feuds do not help sol"ing anything, but they make things worse. /nstead of fighting, rational thinking and talking should lead you to a resolution, or else the conse:uences might be "ital.

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