Originally Posted by Beenaround
Originally Posted by NYMafia
This is a repost of an opinion piece I did on the current state, and past history, of so-called "cooperating witnesses" of Mafia stool pigeons.



https://thenewyorkmafia.com/2021/05/12/what-truly-constitutes-a-mafia-member-as-a-rat/

None of them get wacked they just make money off of Podcasts and interviews. Now Sammy the Head Rat is going to be on a reality show . What's to stop them anymore.?


Of course. I totally agree. Where's the fear? Where's the embarrassment over their "loss of honor" in their neighborhoods? Where's the outrage from their blood families and personal fiends? All of those things were detractors in the "good old days" from becoming a rat.

Where I grew up in NYC. In the era that I grew up in. It was probably one of the most dishonorable things any guy could become. To be known as a "stool pigeon" or "rat" was almost a fate worse than death for most guys.

It was a very rare occourance. Nowadays? Ho-Hum, its just no big deal anymore. Crazy, yet true.