On 5/18/10 12:13 , bpnjensen wrote:
On May 18, 8:16 am, "D. Peter wrote:
On 5/18/10 09:21 , bpnjensen wrote:

We used to think the Irish, the Italians and the Poles were thugs
too...

Bruce Jensen

There's a reason for that.

Alphonse Capone.
Johnny Torrio
Frank Nitti
William Daddano
Sam Giancana
Paul Ricca
Tony Accardo

George Moran
William McGarigle
Michael Cassius McDonald
Mossy Enright
Roger Touhy
Southside O'Donnells
Dion O'Banion
Frank McErlane

Jake Guzik
John Factor
Paul Jaworski
Joseph Saltis
Richard Leonard Kuklinski
Hymie Weiss
Joseph Filkowski
Joseph Stazek

A tiny fraction of the millions who came and ultimately contributed
positvely to the nation in a million small ways.

And yet, each came to polarize countless millions by contributing
negatively as individuals in the name of their ethicities.

The reason we used to, and many times still do, think of the
Irish, the Italians, and the Poles as thugs is not because of the
millions who aren't, but because of the some who were.