From all you recent posts you are one of those out of whack "I hate the Mafia!" types who makes up stories. You say you had friends who were mobsters, and that you knew many. Well, tell them. Plus, the question was would you be a rat, not "Give us a rant that includes your life story"

I hadn't heard that allegation previously nor do I particularly believe it personally as he had strong mob lineage in both his family as well as people he was around. But he was a gambling fiend and may have got power hungry/cocky so it's possible. Gambino's were a mess at that time. Pete Gotti would've been the one that shelved him?

The rat thing is very complicated for me. Look at Gaspipe for instance, one of the most legendary wiseguys ever, threw his street cred away and still died in prison.

Every couple months I pop over here out of curiosity to see what is being said about people I actually knew. You talk about the same people like they are pro athletes or celebrities or something. Over 3,000 posts. Hundreds of hours. Yeah bro I’m the one who’s “out of whack”. Btw this whole post and the question is weird to begin with. Theres a reason guys who used to post interesting stuff here don’t come around no more. Believe my “rant” or not, I don’t give a shit.

I think there are a lot of variables that go into the decision, things like-
First off- is he afraid of prison ?
2nd- how much time is he facing?

But things like how close is he with his family?
Does he truly love his wife and will miss her terribly?
Does he have children? How old are they and how close is he to them?
Does he have a lot of money hidden for either getting out, his family to live on while he’s away?
What is his rank in the family at that time?
How is he treated by his crime family?

How is his health?
His families health?
Does he regret his crimes?

What kind of deal can he get by cooperating!

We would have to know all these things about ourselves to make an honest decision.



Being honest, if I’m facing life, have money stashed, love my family dearly, am not a senior citizen, get a good deal, I might flip.

If I’m looking at a short stint and I’m respected in the life, and I have enough money that I know my wife and kids will be fine, plus I know doing this short bid will help me rise in the ranks within the family- I’m doing the sentence.

Like many above said though, unless we are actually facing the consequences, you really can’t know what we would do.

If I'm what could be considered a legend in that life, I'm not selling out my legacy so I can be remembered in the history books as a snitch. If I'm some nobody coffeeboy without much respect, a flunky, I'm flipping and getting the last laugh.

Anybody in that life that says incriminating things over the phone should know he could be talking to a cop.

And Rush street again wins the award for dumbest fucking topic ever.

What's really important is, when a guy flips, is he well dressed? A wise guy shouldn't look like a slob.

I don’t think it’s a dumb topic, I give him credit for posting something new knowing someone’s gonna criticize him for it.

People have to come up with new topics or new questions or we’d all stop coming here.

Do you want to keep hearing the same Sammy and Gotti topics and stories over and over again?

Give the guy a break. It’s a hypothetical question and he didn’t offend anyone.