06-05-2018, 11:24 AM
(06-05-2018, 09:41 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: As I said Gunnar, someone who oversees an enterprise which profits off proliferating crime against others is not 'honorable' (to anyone but people who condone crime).Papa Joe made his $$$ off prohibition. And I'm not surprised you prefer to make a judgement based on ignorance.
You and Biggie might like the guy's bravado, or charisma, or public persona in general. And, if you want to buy into crime bosses being honorable.......it doesn't surprise or bother me.
But......no book, tv show, or movie can convince me that people whose chosen business it is to oversee and profit from exploitation, scamming, blackmailing, trafficking, murder......are honest, moral, and ethical human beings.
That doesn't mean that some of them can't also be loyal to their families and friends and beloved by their subordinates. However, that doesn't make them honorable people and worthy of admiration, to me.