Origins of Conflict ... it was about "nothing" ?

"Hostility between the Stevens and the Drapers was sparked by an argument on the basketball court.

It involved Jade Draper and Sarah Stevens. The precise subject of the argument is lost in time....
Various accounts were given by different interviewees. Rivalry about who was the best player; who was the best looking; disloyalty in changing basketball teams; stealing players from one team to play on another team – all were given as the reason for the argument.

Sarah Stevens, the only person available for interview who was actually present, said that she now had … no idea what it was about, something to do with basketball."

Page 16 Solid Work You Mob are Doing - Case Studies in Indigenous Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management in Australia  Report to the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council by the Federal Court of Australia’s Indigenous Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management Case Study Project

One of the most memorable discussions I had with fellow practitioners at the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) World Conference was the discussion regarding the origins of conflict who included people who do solid work in communities with the highest homicide in the world, shooting in the world, kidnappings, armed robberies ... I guess my jurisdiction has the highest stabbing incidents per capita in the world .

So the origins of conflict?

The verdict from practitioners was alarmingly similar to the the Stevens and Drapers saga above - it is usually starts over nothing but leads to revenge attacks and the wider community and families being sucked into the conflict...upon sharing the above excerpt with practitioners... I found that we have as much common in terms of jealousy, gossips, innuendos as much as colleagues who continue to do solid work whether it be in Houston, Hungary, Hull or Halls Creek.