Amen Schmo! No guys I am not saying these guys are "great guys", "angels" or whatever. All I am saying is they don't prey on people at all. More often than not people come to them. Another point NOBODY ever mentions is what opportunities did most of the "old guard" have back then? It was a different world. For example many could have only been laborers or in a trade, ever try pouring concrete all day? Trust me it sucks! Take Benny Mangano and Matty Ianiello(RIP) both those guys were WWII vets who came back to "hustle or starve". You ask most of these guys if they had a choice they would have taken a different path. That's why you don't see many of these guys making there children. Gotti and a few others were an exception. We got way off the point, me included. However, there is nothing that will change MY OPINION that mobsters prey on the weak. That statement is so broad and uninformed it's sad.