Originally Posted By: Dwalin2011
Originally Posted By: HairyKnuckles

Agreed. The Italians have kept their special honor and respect very close to their hearts. It has been their bread and butter since it first got started. The US Mafia dropped it many, many years ago.


If it's REALLY like that, then paradoxically the conclusion would be that it's better when people are after money then if the think about honor because in the USA where, as you say, honor is only in second place among mafiosi, there have been far less innocent mafia victims.

Mafia "honor" = massacres of innocents


Well...yes. And I agree with you. The special honor and respect is not limited only with the mafiosi though. It´s a culture that has been rooted among the sothern Italians for many hundreds of years. Vendettas and clan feuds are extremely common in these parts. But also in parts of Montenegro and southern part of Serbia (Kosovo). As westerners, we find this "culture" hard to comprehend. But it has been a part of their life styles for many, many years.

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