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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
I guess it's just different wherever you go.
I'm first generation Sicilian-American, and my whole family jokes about being in the mafia all the time. I'm sure my uncle has served some in his restaurant.
Not that the Mafia is a joke.
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Before we went to Sicily, we were instructed NOT to talk about the Mafia at all, but were reminded that we would see the impact they have had on the island.
I guess as outsiders, they really did not want us to talk about something we had no idea about...it is different when it's your people.
As for gang violence, I have even less experience in urban settings (ever seen The Truman Show? That's where I live...
really.) than most of you who are posting. I would like to think that positive influences within a community could stop this, but I'm not so sure.
The only times I have ever been offered drugs were at waterfront homes and at my Ivy League undergrad. Bwa ha ha.