Originally posted by Don Pappo Napolitano:
[quote]Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
[b] Don Pappo, another question for you:
Do you agree with me that maffiosi are bad, criminal people, when knowing that maffiosi are greedy blackmailing murderers?
No exacly. It depends on the point of view you have and what is bad, criminal for you.
It also depends on their goal, the enemy or the situation.
For example, if someone kills the Vittorio Amuso(Aka Michael Douglas, it´s not official but I guess he deserves to have this nickname

you know why)´s son, then Amuso order the killing of his son´s killer, then It´s justice and not a criminal act. Many people think you are just a criminal because you killed your father´s killer, but those people think like this until it´s their turn to lose their parents, children or whatever by the gun, knife, poison or whatever it is of a killer. [/b][/quote]I can understand your point, Don Pappo Napolitano, but this is not always the case with members of the Mafia. Tommy DeSimmone, for example, murdered "Billy Batts" for verbally insulting him. Did "Billy Batts" deserve to be half-beaten to death, stabbed and then shot to death because he verbally insulted someone with a bad temper? No. Maybe "Billy Batts" deserved to die for another reason we do not know about, but
no one deserves to die for verbally insulting someone. Ever. "Billy Batts'" death was depicted in GoodFellas by Frank Vincent, Joe Pesci, Robert DeNiro and Ray Liotta. You are living in a fantasy, Don Pappo Napolitano. The Mafia of today are nothing like what they were depicted as in The Godfather. They murder for "business". Do you really want to idolize someone who murders another human being for a higher income?