Well like you said, many people hero-worship them as well. It's hard for me to judge. I personally know or have met lowdown dirty scumbags throughout my life as well. They may not kill people (as far as I know) but many people's character isn't much different from these mobsters. Think about all the backstabbers you've ever met, snitching coworkers and such, authority figures who abuse their power and treat underlings like shit. Scumbaggery goes on everywhere, but people in organized crime or crime in general blatantly break the law. That's the difference my friend.