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Re: Rooting For The Bad Guys
[Re: Dellacroce]
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07/07/14 11:12 AM
07/07/14 11:12 AM
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Wondering what other folks opinions are on this. As bad as some of these black hearted guys are I find my self rooting for them to not get caught and when they are finally brought to justice for them to beat the charges and all the while finding what they do to the lives others, especially their families, despicable. I guess part of it is that I'm not fond of the tactics used by law enforcement and the hypocrisy by the government which I find to be very corrupt in its own way. I have to say when these guys beat the FBI/Courts it makes my day. Say what you will about these guys but many of them have a ton of courage,too bad it is so misguided. Ivyleague would call you a fanboy I understand it on some level. It's easier to do so from a distance. Or, for example, rooting for the bad guy in a movie. I found myself rooting for guys like Walt on Breaking Bad or Vic in The Shield, even though they were cold-blooded crooks. But that was just entertainment. It's probably easy for many people to root for real life mob guys (who have been glamorized by Hollywood) when they have no interaction with them and all their crimes are just words on the screen or in a book. But any sane, balanced person - if they take a step back and look at these guys objectively - should be able to right themselves and see them for who they really are.
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Re: Rooting For The Bad Guys
[Re: Moe_Tilden]
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07/07/14 03:25 PM
07/07/14 03:25 PM
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I never for the life of me will understand the cult of personality of guys like John Gotti and the Stockholm syndrome surrounding people not in that life.
Thousands of people rioting when he was found guilty; middle aged housewives holding up placards in support of him. WTF is all that about?
Something that struck me about those middle aged housewives is that they are the same kind of people that were on TV lambasting "evil" Sammy Gravano after he flipped; the sisters and wives of his victims.
You can not have your cake and eat it too. You can not support what people like John Gotti do and then go on TV and pick on the "rat".
A murderer is a murderer. I don't feel an ounce of pity for these people. Their brothers, sons and husbands were no angels either; selling drugs and corrupting Italian American youth.
Reminds me also of Henry Hill's retort when one of Spider's loved ones phoned in the Howard Stern show.
Your little angel, Spider, hung around with murderers on his own volition. WTF did you/he think would happen associating with these people?
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW! There is not enough culpability with people anymore. I don't get it either? People involved in that sort of thing like Gotti, Gravano, etc. are straight up thieves, don't care about Italians or Italian-American people, and instead just want to rob or steal from as many people as they can and get away from it. Even other Italian people or Italian-Americans, or anyone who they can.
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