Totally agree, John was incompetent as a boss but I give home respect for not flipping even when he knew he was screwed,A Gangters Gangster if you will
What's so respectable about that? Not flipping means staying true to the ideology based on murder, extortion, betrayal etc.
I am not saying that gangsters who flipped are more respectable, I mean from a moral point of view it doesn't matter if they talk or not. If somebody is a criminal who commits crimes without being forced by other people or circumstances, he can't be respectable.