Originally posted by AppleOnYa:
Roth's 'This is the business we've chosen' speech is to me a pretty good indication of how these things were looked at. It wasn't the killing of Moe Green that pissed Roth, it Michael Corleone's inquiring as to who ordered the hit on Pentangelli. The former was business; the latter was not.
I dunno, Apple. I always thought Roth said that for appearance's sake. I think
on the surface he wanted to look like 'the noble gangster,' who "didn't ask who gave the order." But you just
know that he knows Michael snuffed Moe, and perhaps the whole Moe Green speech was a subtle hint to Michael...as well as another excuse (in Roth's mind) to kill the man who whacked his friend.
