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The speaker believes that a certain tradition is both very old and excessively cruel. They argue that if this tradition continues, it will result in the death of one person every year, eventually wiping out the entire population of a small town. They also mention that this tradition can cause depression among those who have lost a relative. I think that because it is a very old tradition and it is too cruel, in addition killing a person per year will cancel all the population of this little town that will no longer exist if we continue so, or at least it will make depressed people who have lost a relative.