Monday, October 29, 2007

When gangsters were nice guys

Hey, Ed Note, why does The Trentonian continuously call the Bloods and Crips “gangsters?” Gangsters comes from the old terminology of the old gangster days, when these people were about respecting and taking care of the community. Although they acted illegally, they didn’t do anything to bring down the neighborhood to the degree that the Bloods and Crips do. So, please stop using that terminology to refer to these common criminals.
Mob Wife
Sorry to de-romanticize organized crime for you, but today’s gangs are led by today’s gangsters. They’ve traded in slick suits and Cadillacs for below-the-butt jeans and tricked-out Acuras, but they’re in “gangs” so we call them “gang”sters. They still bash in people’s heads — doesn’t that count?—Ed. Note

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any or all types of "gangsters" bring down a neighborhood. It's not just a phrase or name, its an attitude, presence and image projected. A neighborhood is a group of people who care not only for each other, by way of respect towards their neighbors, but each others property. However, whether the property is well maintained or left in decay, anyone who plots, steals, exploits or brings harm to any person, place or thing, by way of perpetrating a crime or joining a criminal organization is a fool and their all the same. Some dirt you see on the outside. The dirt you cannot see if often times worse. Stop admiring any time of gangster, would be or otherwise and find something constructive to brag about.

October 31, 2007 11:09 AM 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well said guy or gal above me

November 11, 2007 12:05 PM 

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