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Re:My life after 44 years in prison by pakled_engineer on Thursday November 26, 2015 @12:38AM (#10631456)
The made Yakuza guys have underlings who carry guns and do violence for them though with the understanding they are to do the time if caught, so in effect nothing has changed.

The criminals shooting at each other weekly where I live are all 18-25yr old drug delivery drivers working for established bosses they clearly aren't rational or else they'd realize a few thousand a week isn't worth life in prison. Plenty of these guys get caught but there doesn't seem to be any shortage of violent replacements.

Re:My life after 44 years in prison by thelastguy on Friday November 27, 2015 @06:05AM (#10636801)
>they clearly aren't rational or else they'd realize a few thousand a week isn't worth life in prison.

Actually, they are pretty rational. You can't say no to the boss. You say no to the boss, you die. So they either deliver that drug, or die. They choose to deliver the drug, even if it means getting caught and doing life in prison. That's better than the boss killing you for not delivering the drug.

>The criminals shooting at each other weekly...

Again, they're not being irrational here. If you don't shoot, the other guy will shoot you. You either shoot, or you die because the other guy shoots you.

Re:My life after 44 years in prison by aphrax on Thursday November 26, 2015 @04:22AM (#10632094)
just out of interest where do you live?