Originally Posted By: Lilo
Originally Posted By: Danito
Originally Posted By: Trilogy

- The family activites didn't really harm inncoent ppl. They stayed away from drugs and prostitution.


Just because we never see Vito being involved in violence doesn't mean he was an angel. He ordered people to kill. What do you think how did he handle union problems? And Luca Brasi was more than just a body guard. If the band leader hadn't signed the Fontane contract Luca would have shot him.


Exactly. The first film does a great job of avoiding what it is the Corleone Organization really does. But extortion, labor racketeering, loan sharking, etc are not victimless crimes.
I didn't read the books, so I wasn't too familiar with the background stories. It was late when I wrote that last statement ohwell