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Were we better off with the Italian Mafia?

Visbek said:
For those who have missed it, crime rates in the US are falling precipitously.
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This is one of those Liberal agenda news stories that we see constantly, but everyone knows doesn't have a shred of truth.

The problem with floating this one is that the opposite is plain for all to see with their own eyes.

Nice try though.
 
sangha said:
Actually, I am

And Chicago used to be much filthier back then
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Bull****, Cicero was a nice area back in the day, it is pretty much a **** hole now
 
Rocketman said:
Bull****, Cicero was a nice area back in the day, it is pretty much a **** hole now
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Don't know what you mean by "back in the day", but back in the Prohibition Era, which saw the rise of organized crime, most cities didn't have functioning sewer or sanitation systems.
 
sangha said:
Don't know what you mean by "back in the day", but back in the Prohibition Era, which saw the rise of organized crime, most cities didn't have functioning sewer or sanitation systems.
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and yet those streets were still safer and cleaner than they are today
 
solletica said:
If they camouflaged themselves better, they would no longer officially exist as "criminal" organizations. The fact that the US gummint still IDs them as a threat implies that their power is small.

The most powerful money-making organizations in the world are totally invisible, and hence are never listed as criminal organizations (or even as organizations) by anyone.
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because of people like Gotti they will never be completely invisible. The ones truly in power are not household name
 
MaggieD said:
Gangs today rip communities apart. They have no respect for family, kill people indiscriminately, run rough-shod over neighborhoods.

Were inner-city communities better off when the Italian Mafia was in charge? Were children getting shot on street corners? Jumping rope in front of their homes? Was the inner-city a safer place when the Mafioso was in charge?
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The only thing worse than organized crime is disorganized crime.

Unfortunately, the guys who replaced Hoover did not understand this.
 
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