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Re: Tommy "Karate" Pitera and associates
[Re: Caramela77]
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08/31/11 11:08 PM
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An innocent question: why are some people intrigued by Pitera? His time studying matrial arts in Japan made him unique amongst LCN gangsters, but he didn't seem to have any redeeming graces. At least DeMeo was a great dad.
Sincerely, Sally
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Re: Tommy "Karate" Pitera and associates
[Re: Caramela77]
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09/01/11 03:54 PM
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Now if his son Charles were to write an auto biography about his father Tommy and showed a softer side of him would we say okay DeMeo and Pitera are similar and not that bad of guys? Yes, if people came forward to say there was another side to him, a better one, I'd say something to that effect. It's a possibility that he was more complex than is currently known.
Sincerely, Sally
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Re: Tommy "Karate" Pitera and associates
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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09/02/11 01:06 AM
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I agree with both of you, JCrusher & Mickey. My first post mentioning that Roy Demeo was a great dad was not at all meant to imply that he's less evil than Pitera because of that fact. My post had nothing to do with his son's perspective about him, either. I only meant that being a known family man makes Demeo intriguing because of the big paradox in his personality.
Sincerely, Sally
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Re: Tommy "Karate" Pitera and associates
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09/02/11 01:12 AM
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And in an earlier post, I wrote that I'd say 'something to that effect' in that Pitera and Demeo were "not that bad of guys". I had to make my response short at the time, but 'something to that effect' meant that I'd definitely agree that they were evil monsters but had another side to them that made them complex.
Sincerely, Sally
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Re: Tommy "Karate" Pitera and associates
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09/02/11 03:10 AM
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It's a possibility that he was more complex than is currently known. Remember we most times only concentrate on the role so and so played within LCN. We rarely talk about a guys personal life, and when we do its only because it out of the ordinary or such. I only meant that being a known family man makes Demeo intriguing because of the big paradox in his personality. But thats just it Sal. The only reason some percieve DeMeo as a "well known family man" is because his own son wrote a book stating as much. But heaps of psychotic a-holes love their kids. If Charlie Pitera wrote a book talking about all the times his father Tommy Karate did real Dad stuff, after reading one would be inclined to accept that while Pitera was a pure nutter he did have warmer and more tender sides to him, ie-there was more to him then we knew. But thats pretty much the case with most people. Im not having a go mate. I only mean that I dont think its apt top draw a distinction between the interest in guys like DeMeo or Pitera on the those grounds.
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