Are we inviting more trouble when we attempt to get even?

This is a world in which you had better let a sleeping dog lie. Fighting back often result into more trouble than good! I give you an example-we have some herds of cattle in my village-some evil minded man decided to dig a farmland on our grazing land-we decided that teaching him a lesson would even out things so we sent the cows to graze down his crops, the next day 10 of our animals were disabled with machete cuts to their legs-now am told my brothers are planning an equivalent level of damage, but am afraid this man will equally plan something even more treacherous, where shal we end?

Yes I think that's likely on both counts as then we will have offended someone and they may want to seek to get even also!

Yes, getting even does not help because we surround ourselves with negativity. Living in peace is more important than getting even ,and sooner or later those people who engage themselves in hurting others will pay the ultimate prize. Anything that we do to others will be return to us since Karma takes an important role in our lives. I have seen this happen to so many people over and over.

Regardless of the reason, getting even only sows more sorrow and you will reap it. Remember the "Eye for an Eye creates more blindness."

Yes attempt to get even may invite more troubles into our lives. When we get even, hurting those who previously hurt us may retaliate and would create another trouble. It may grow bigger as the fight may involve other relatives. Fighting for our rights even in words would just prolong a heated discussion. So better resolve the first trouble by correcting or fixing the problem rather than getting even.

when ever we do something its obvious that some other may get hurt because of it.. because most of the things in the real world are interlinked.. i agree with your statements for most of the cases..if we say we want only one side of a coin then its highly impossible as the other side also follows.. so when we try to do some thing good.. bad also follows but we have to overcome it and struggle till the even thing which we wanted to do wins..

That is definitely true. In conflicts, both parties feel right. If you feel that you were wronged at the end of a conflict, and then attempt to get back at the other person, you are adding more to the conflict, instead of resolving it. Since the other person felt right, when you get back at them they feel it is a whole new offense, and most likely will feel the need to get back at you. In the end, the original issue will never be resolved.