I guess I liked the view of the car wreck ...sooo here it goes...the idea that mob guys, in general, are weak or cowardly is just absolutely ridiculous...they are many things....pathological liars, manipulative narcissists, sociopaths, etc...but as a rule, I wouldn't call one of them a coward without a lot of distance between them and myself. I have been around some that can absolutely make your blood run cold in a matter of seconds...they would as soon kill you as say hello to you while others are better at hiding that behavior. I have seen "rule breakers" beaten to a pulp by their "friends" then scooped up and taken to the hospital, and then visited by the same guys that just beat the hell out of them the next day. These aren't boy scouts and aren't the romanticized version you see on TV.