Originally Posted By: Buttmunker
...it was always personal with Sonny.


And it shouldn't have been.

Originally Posted By: Buttmunker
...Sonny was emotional, and he was impulsive BECAUSE he had a big heart. Maybe Vito and Michael would have done it different, but that's what made Sonny special...


Sure, he had a big heart, and he was 'special'. Doesn't mean he didn't repeatedly display psychotic behavior, even if he arguably wasn't an outright psychopath.

He did things differently than Vito & Michael would have...and that's why under his watch business suffered and he ended up dead.


A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

- THOMAS JEFFERSON