My understanding is that you can be Mafia-connected/a racketeer/ a "mobster" in the general sense, but you do need to be Italian to join the Mafia itself. I've only heard this in connection with Henry Hill -- he couldn't join because his father was Irish.
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Lyra Jane - Sep 08, 2005 10:21:23 am PDT #3903 of 10001
Up with the sun
erikaj - Sep 08, 2005 10:39:23 am PDT #3904 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
There used to be a Jewish mob.(And the jokes that Inner!Munchkin is practically forcing me to make about the American Dental Association or the Bar probably would look bad in context, so I won't.) Some of those guys became "associates" probably.
Amy - Sep 08, 2005 10:48:21 am PDT #3905 of 10001
Because books.
Awww. Ben just came home from school, where he apparently told his new teacher about my book. Which he says she's going to pick up and send home for me to sign.
What a good kid. Shilling mom's books at a tender eight years of age.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 08, 2005 10:50:18 am PDT #3906 of 10001
What is even happening?
Wait'll she sees all the porn.
Amy - Sep 08, 2005 10:56:03 am PDT #3907 of 10001
Because books.
Plllbbt.
(And don't think I didn't already cringe at that, by the way.)
Kristen - Sep 08, 2005 1:17:37 pm PDT #3908 of 10001
Tell it to Bugsy Siegel.
He was never a made guy. Neither was Lansky. They were both associates of Luciano, who thought the whole "being made" thing and tracing your roots back to the old country was stupid. Also, this was all before the mafia became, you know, The Mafia.
Allyson - Sep 08, 2005 1:30:51 pm PDT #3909 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
First round of proposals goes out on Monday to 15 publishers.
Then, we wait. I could go insane.
Betsy HP - Sep 08, 2005 1:34:20 pm PDT #3910 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Also, this was all before the mafia became, you know, The Mafia.
Really? When did The Mafia (TM) start?
Send me a postcard from insane, Allyson.
Kristen - Sep 08, 2005 1:39:58 pm PDT #3911 of 10001
The modern version of the American Mafia grew from Lansky and Luciano's crime syndicate. You know, after he obliterated the old Sicilian mafia by killing everyone.
And YAY Allyson!
Astarte - Sep 08, 2005 1:58:52 pm PDT #3912 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Yay, Allyson!!!