Robert Elkin wrote: Prisons are full of criminals who are bad
at their jobs, no?
********** Emphatically, NO! For a professional criminal a
certain amount of time in prison is worked into the equasion
when they figure how much money their crimes will net over
the course of their careers. It's a very fortunate criminal
indeed, a virtual Ripley, who never goes to prison at all.
The trick is understanding the politics of crime. If you do
murder, plead to a B&E that took place at the time of the
murder, take 2-5 and you're out in 6 months with good
behavior. Even if the police KNOW you committed the murder,
they've already accepted your plea for the B&E, you can't
be in 2 places at once. Look how Bugsy Seigal handled his
arrest for the Big Greeny murder, how he handled his time in
jail, and how he got away with the Big Greeny crime. Even a
genius at murder and robbery like Seigal goes to jail
occasionally. He's just set aside resources to handle the
problem when he has to. Most real criminals are very very
wealthy people. I might go so far as to say most wealthy
people ARE criminals. Certainly that's what Balzac meant when
he said:
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." I'm not
talking about thoughtless and resentfull street thugs who are
just struggling in a hard environment. I'm talking about
amoral people who've decided on a life of crime, Arnold
Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, Joe Bananno, Charles Luciano, Jame
Bulger, these people would have made a good living running
hot dog stands or roofing or construction. But they decided
criminal activity would give them better livings faster...and
they were right! All of them spent time in jail, but they
were extraordinarilly good at their jobs. You go to jail to
avoid being murdered or convicted of murder, just as a
manager takes a hard assignment in Alaska or Texas or
somewhere no one else wants to go in order to be considered
for a bigger assignment later. For the professional criminal,
prison is a stepping stone toward success. In many cases,
it's like a university degree in crime. The harder the
prison, the better the criminals they turn out. Whitey Bulger
is a graduate of Alcatraz! At the same time, as Timothy Leary
observed and proved clinically, crime is a mental desease and
can be cured.
Patrick King
--- Robert Elkin <
rictusaporia@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Patrick King wrote:
>
> 'Because someone performs an act that is not
of
> benefit to you or your extended group does not
make
> them "evil," however inconvenient their actions
may
> have proved to you. If they perform these acts
based
> on twisted logic, though, they are very
likely
> insane.'
>
> You're right, of course--it's the twisted logic
that
> does it (although "insane" is no more accurate
a
> word
> than is "evil"--they are both generalizations
for
> broad ranges of more accurate adjectival
phrases.)
>
> "Prisons are full of entirely sane people,"
how
> do you know this? Do you vist prisions
frequently?
>
> Prisons are full of criminals who are bad at
their
> jobs, no?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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