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I'm half Italian and I have never understood the glorification of mobsters. It's all well and good that Al revitalized Springfield's nightlife and gave away money, and that John Gotti put on an expensive fireworks display in his 'hood every July 4th. Spend a little time thinking about how they got all that money to give away....shaking down hard-working legitimate businessmen, peddling poison to anyone with the cash to buy it regardless of age, lending money to people who can't get a bank loan at interest rates they'll never pay back, hijacking shipments of consumer goods that result in all of us paying more for insurance, running "gentlemen's clubs" that are just classy whorehouses that victimize the women who have to work there, skimming union dues and raiding the pension funds of hard-working teamsters, longshoremen, construction workers, etc.
I could go on but unless you're a total brick, you'll get the point.
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