He's rightt ITB, I used to be just as naive as you when I first signed up here. I thought of the Italian mob as a once honored society who's members used to be half-way decent guys, sure they were crooks but I was positive that not all of them were horrid scumbags but the more I read here from the experts on the subject, the more I started to modify and lose these views. Sure I'm still having some trouble letting go of the opinions that I held for so long but I'm starting to realize that I probably watched goodfellas too many times and maybe the mafia isn't what I envisioned it to be.
This is all coming from a teen with a stubborn as fuck attitude. Just read what the people here have to say and you'll start to come away with the same views. I was the eexact same way as you, I used to think that Turnbull'a writings in this topic were lame and bullshir but when you really pay attention to the guys here, you start agreeing with them because they tend to be correct in a lot of what they post.
So stop being a toughguy asshole and accept the fact that you don't know as much as you think.
Do you honestly think that these people who claim to be experts are actually experts? In an online forum people can claim to be whoever they want to be. To be honest I don't think you have any right to say that I don't know as much as I think and to say that I'm naive, you don't know me, and no one else on here knows me. Unlike many people on here, I don't rely on other people to tell me what's the truth and what's not the truth, I research everything myself. Sure, I've watched and read fictional stories about the Mafia, but I've also actually watched just about every truthful documentary about the Mafia and have read just about every truthful non-fiction book about the Mafia. A really good book is Cosa Nostra by John Dickie. I have read things on the Internet about the Mafia which I know is not always reliable but it's still informative. I've also researched the Mafia by looking into detailed accounts of people's experience with them. I've even talked to people who have come in contact with the Mafia. Everything I've researched and experienced first hand states that the Mafia started hundreds of years ago in Sicily, it was meant for the protection of the Italian people to protect them from the invaders trying to take over Italy and Sicily, and when the Italian immigrants came over to the US the Mafia was there to protect the poor Italian people (let's not forget the Italians had it way worse than any other ethnic group) and some Mafia bosses even gave the poor Italians money, and the Mafia was an honored society. So you're telling me that everything I've researched and experienced first hand isn't true? Books, documentaries, and actual people can back up what I'm stating. Like I said I don't rely on other people to tell me what's the truth and what's not the truth, I research things myself. I think myself and everyone here got off on the wrong foot, in no way were my posts meant to be disrespectful, I apologize if I offended anyone, but seriously stop acting like you know me and stop acting like you guys think you know everything, I feel like I'm talking to people who think they are the Aryan race.
