It's possible that John Gotti has decided that he doesn't want to commit any more crimes. But if whoever now runs the Gambino family says, 'We've got something important for you to do', and he doesn't do it, he's a dead man.

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They are displayed having a twisted sense of honor, 'taking no crap from anyone,' with easy access to women and money. Such displays romanticize organized crime and, as an unintended consequence, serve to perpetuate the phenomenon and create alluring myths about the Mafia.

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