by Boatdrinks » Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:23 am
It is a bit of a stretch to allege that Joe Bonanno flipped. He was a very old man, when he refused to testify, and so got sent down. The idea, that Joe Bonanno, who had spent his life being loyal to the Mafia, and propagandizing for the Mafia, would then flip, is not believable.
Quite simply, if he was in prison, he did not flip!
Are we to imagine, that after Joe Bonanno's life-time of loyalty to the Mafia, an FBI Agent turn up at the prison, and breaks Bonanno in an interview? The young agent, makes old Bonanno see the error of his ways, and in the twilight of his life, he completely change his outlook on life? This is not believable!
What is the supposed deal that Bonanno went for? Spill the beans, renounce your whole life, and then stay in jail!
Not much of a deal!
We do not even have any proof that Joe Bonanno took part in an interview. Most of the information that was mentioned was already in his book. It looks like a cut and paste job. Any agent worth his salt, who was asked to interview Bonanno, surely would have been familiar with the contents of his book. If Bonanno said nothing, the agent could just pen something from the book and claim it came from the mouth of Bonanno.
Even if Joe Bonanno, in casual conversation, or even in an official interview, stated again what he said in his book was true, or just affirmed that it was if asked by an agent, this is not really flipping.
If Bonanno was asked about his book, he had three choices. He could say nothing, which is what he essentially did, and was why he was in prison. He could just admit what he said in the book was true. He could say his book was false and made up. This is not a viable option. The book was already out. The information was already out. There was nothing more to keep secret. He did not break omerta.
I do not go along with the theory that Joe Bonanno broke the code. It flies in the face of the evidence and reality. I find the theory boring!
What I find interesting, is the statement attributed to Joe Bonanno, that Mafia was an idea, not a thing. This is of course pure Bonanno! This has always been his line. This is the image he has aways presented of his 'Tradition'. It goes back to the old days of denying the existence of the Mafia. There is no Mafia. It is just an attitude to life, a culture, an ethos. This is what some people used to say.
I say, that "this Sicilian thing", was an atitude and an idea, but it also became a thing too!
It is a bit of a stretch to allege that Joe Bonanno flipped. He was a very old man, when he refused to testify, and so got sent down. The idea, that Joe Bonanno, who had spent his life being loyal to the Mafia, and propagandizing for the Mafia, would then flip, is not believable.
Quite simply, if he was in prison, he did not flip!
Are we to imagine, that after Joe Bonanno's life-time of loyalty to the Mafia, an FBI Agent turn up at the prison, and breaks Bonanno in an interview? The young agent, makes old Bonanno see the error of his ways, and in the twilight of his life, he completely change his outlook on life? This is not believable!
What is the supposed deal that Bonanno went for? Spill the beans, renounce your whole life, and then stay in jail!
Not much of a deal!
We do not even have any proof that Joe Bonanno took part in an interview. Most of the information that was mentioned was already in his book. It looks like a cut and paste job. Any agent worth his salt, who was asked to interview Bonanno, surely would have been familiar with the contents of his book. If Bonanno said nothing, the agent could just pen something from the book and claim it came from the mouth of Bonanno.
Even if Joe Bonanno, in casual conversation, or even in an official interview, stated again what he said in his book was true, or just affirmed that it was if asked by an agent, this is not really flipping.
If Bonanno was asked about his book, he had three choices. He could say nothing, which is what he essentially did, and was why he was in prison. He could just admit what he said in the book was true. He could say his book was false and made up. This is not a viable option. The book was already out. The information was already out. There was nothing more to keep secret. He did not break omerta.
I do not go along with the theory that Joe Bonanno broke the code. It flies in the face of the evidence and reality. I find the theory boring!
What I find interesting, is the statement attributed to Joe Bonanno, that Mafia was an idea, not a thing. This is of course pure Bonanno! This has always been his line. This is the image he has aways presented of his 'Tradition'. It goes back to the old days of denying the existence of the Mafia. There is no Mafia. It is just an attitude to life, a culture, an ethos. This is what some people used to say.
I say, that "this Sicilian thing", was an atitude and an idea, but it also became a thing too!