I've said it a hundred times. Today, there is little to gain from going after a rat once the damage has already been done. It would just bring additional law enforcement heat and wouldn't stop future rats from turning. Where the mob is still willing to kill is if they believe a guy is informing but before he has fully flipped and the damage has been done.
I agree with you though I can't help but think that the mentality of the older generation of guys like the one's in the 60s or 70s would mean that no matter the situation they would get even, especially if they knew a rat was living in the open. I'm thinking of the story of Nino Gaggi killing a man who broke his nose, that kind of mentality, the old school Sicilian one.
I think that even though there would be no point in killing a rat who had testified those guys if they lived today wouldn't be able to help themselves. I think obviously guys today aren't as ruthless.
