I don't think I have a first hand knowledge of anything. Those were just things I did that were interesting to me and my impressions.
I'm not even arguing anything anymore.
This whole discussion got started because someone wrote that the Outfit had 200 made members which I said was ridiculous.
We obviously have different impressions of where the Outfit is and its near future but I don't pretend to have definitive knowledge on the subject.
But no, I don't think low-end jewelry thieving and video poker are indicative of a real healthy, cutting-edge criminal organization, particularly compared to the very real and frightening political and financial power it wielded until the early 90s.
