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===Do you ever think about whether or not rival gangs get tired of feuding? Since the 60s, gangs have been going against each other. At one point, it was just one big gang called the crips with thousands of members. But the peace didn't last for too long, the friendships were staring to end and the gang was slowly separating. The gang that were once called " Crips" split and became crips and bloods! Within time, smaller groups of bloods started forming and smaller groups of crips started forming. So what is it the actually keeps the conflicts alive? What keeps the conflicts between rival gangs alive is revenge, loyalty, and turf wars.===

===Revenge is probably the biggest aspect of rival gangs. It goes like this, if one member of your gang is killed by another member or other members, then your gang must have revenge. They will do anything to make the other gang suffer for what they did. For example, I found an article that mentioned that a 13 year old boy was shot by drive by shooters because 2 of the boys family members' had killed a member of the gang in which the drive by shooters were associated with. The drive by shooters felt that if anyone violated there "family" (gang members) they should get revenge. I also seen another excerpt from an article on nytimes.com that spoke about how a few members from the bloods had murdered 2 gangs members from the crips because they killed a future blood member.===

===Loyalty is the second biggest aspect of rival gangs. Gangs find it EXTREMELY important to be loyal to each-other. You must be truthful and faithful to your gang members, respect and cooperate with your members. For example, future members of a certain rival gang had to attack another gang member from a different gang, or commit a crime in another gangs territory.===

===Turf wars happen to be another problems between rival gangs. Gangs have their own territory and do not like when other gangs or gang members enter it. They feel as if they're being violated and have to strike. That's when the war begins. Shooting, stabbing, slicing and obviously killing. There was a huge story a few years back about how there was a big shootout in LA between bloods and crips. The crips thought they were all big and tough and decided to barge threw one of the territories that the bloods claimed. That made things worse.===

===In conclusion, loyalty, revenge, and turf wars are the most important things in gangs. They take it seriously and they command respect. When respect is not given to them, there wont be a pretty scene. It seems like the conflicts are getting worse and worse by the year and i doubt that its going to end soon. So will they ever get tired of feuding? Absolutely not.===