Just like in anything..the old days were 'better'...guys were real men..dick butkis tougher than donte hightower..we all know that story...I agree with a good amount of what new England is saying..but will say that there are real men today just as there was yesterday..csnt comment on ruggieo I've heard most of these things, dry snitch, broads money etc...but not gonna blanket every guy of today not being real men. Knew guys from the 50s..60s..70s..80s..90s..00s..today...BA I'd as serious as any of them..walk the walk and will do the sentence...there were guys back then well respected guys with balls (sonny ) who were rats..there were other guys who were and are respected that are considered old school who have rats around them today daily..point here is..world is a changed place..as in anything, including old neighborhoods and traditions, things have been dumbed down