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Drahthaardogs

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4. These people here no nothing of La Cosa Nostra or Ndrangheta...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #3)

Sun May 21, 2017, 07:27 PM

May 2017

But they like the Italian stereotype.

For example " omerta" is not an oath of loyalty, it's a code of silence because in la Terra madre, the police and politicians were corrupt. In the new land, it was the same. All business is handled within the community.

It is a way of life in southern italy and it's nothing like on TV.

Gotti was a fool and a bad boss.

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