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Originally Posted by Amnorix
What would your position on Bernie Madoff be if we addedt hat he killed a couple hundred people, but on the other side of the ledger he gave to some soup kitchens?
Seriously -- you're talking about an evil mass-murdering f**khead who stole, in various ways, the equivalent of billions of dollars in today's money.
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You didn't compare him to Bernie Madoff - you compared him to Adolph Hitler. Frankly, that's reeruned.
I never said Capone was heroic. But very few people are either (a) completely good, or (b) completely evil. It is very likely that Capone helped far more people than he ever hurt. And had it not been for prohibition, Capone would never have enjoyed the power and prestige that he amassed. The mob simply responded to the will of the people. Our own stupid government is just as responsible for every criminal act that happened regarding bootlegging as Capone was.