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Article: Who will break the chain of hate?(Guest Column)
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- For A Change
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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A chain of revenge and counter-revenge starting from unhealed hurts is the story inside every conflict. The chain becomes bloodier with every act of 'paying them back in their own coin'. Some current conflicts threaten to spiral out of control. It is easy for those outside to pass judgement from comfortable distances. But for those directly involved, the possible consequences of defeat are so grave that hitting back good and hard, to cause maximum damage, is seen as the only sale road map to follow. Meanwhile, more and more families and communities are subjected to fear, hate and destruction beyond what the human spirit should have to bear.
We must all take ...