The Punisher of Krondor. Love it.
________________________________ From: John Buttimer <[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:21 PM Subject: Re: New movie The Purge (Spoiler for Into A Dark Realm) To bad there's no real batman or punisher eh? John Buttimer On May 26, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: Like the Mockers, when things are running smoothly, most people benefit. But at some point it will fall apart. >I love that scene in The Rocketeer where the Mafia guy and the FBI guy turn >and look at each other while shooting at the same bunch, shrug their shoulders >and go back to shooting. >As for modern times and the groups of thugs these days, I could not be a cop >in a city. Don't know how they do it. I would not be able to follow the >rules. I would not be corrupt and take bribes to look the other way, would >not enforce ridiculous or unconstitutional 'laws', would not feel bad about >not turning cash from drug dealers in and could not allow real scum to slip >through the system. Too much Old West, I'd be somewhere between Dirty Harry, >Judge Dredd and Rorschach... >On May 26, 2013 12:04 PM, "LAR" <[email protected]> wrote: > >For years Bay Ridge was the safest neighborhood in Brooklyn outside of Boro >Park. I once actually saw a mugging interrupted by a couple of older Italian >"shop owners" with guns. They actually said: Eh! You want to mug him do it >someplace else, not in this neighborhood. Their attitude was, this place is >ours and we want our daughters safe. Guliani broke the Italian mafia and their >power with the pizza connection case. Their presence is not as strong as it >was in NY when I was growing up, just small enclaves here or there. It left a >vacuum for a while and we had the Jamaican and Russian mobs competing for >control - it was a very violent time, though nothing compared to Chicago in >the 20's. And neither of these organizations had any compunction about >killing "citizens". The Russians pretty much won - especially in Brooklyn. >There is one corner of Coney Island still controlled by the Italians, mostly >out of respect (And a sufficient show of force), but the rest belongs to the russians. Even the beach club in Sheepshead bay that I spent my summers in, which was a "Family" business is owned by them now. I remember being a gofer for the men who played poker, they used to tip me $20 for getting them drinks and sandwiches (And twenty bucks back then was enough to take a date to a ball game or dinner and a movie). Taught me a lot about poker too, which I use to this day. >> >>As you point out in the books, when organized crime reaches a certain level >>of organization and stability it provides an important service and release >>valve. But when they overstep Government has to eventually crack down or risk >>losing control entirely. >> >> >> >> >>On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Raymond Feist/New ATT >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>On May 26, 2013, at 10:05 AM, LAR <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Let's not forget forget Donny Brasco - I grew up around mafia families in >>>> NY (Both childhood friends of mine, and some Capos were childhood friends >>>> of my father. My Uncle is the only man I know who got a business loan from >>>> connections and did not have to lose half his business or pay too huge a >>>> vig. And of course, I remember more than a few times my favorite pizzeria >>>> or restaurant closing at 3 in the afternoon <G>. >>>> >>> >>>I dated a Sicilian American girl from Long Island for a while. She put it >>>this way: No one in my family is a made guy, but made guys had dinner at our >>>table on many occasions. >>> >>>Best, R.E.F. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute >>commitment come the insights that create real victory. >>-Tony Robbins
