From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > Mark Shaw  wrote:   
      
   > >>>>Hesh was a businessman? On his good days, perhaps. He was corrupt as   
   > >>>>hell. Except for the restaurant owner, you don't become friends with   
   > >>>>Tony if you're not a crook.   
      
   > >>>Usury is a business, no?   
      
   > >>It's been made a crime in some states, but Hesh, among other things, was   
   > >>a loanshark. It's the threat of violence or death that makes it not a   
   > >>business.   
      
   > >I don't see how illegality and violence makes a business not a   
   > >business. But then again IANAL, so who knows?   
      
   > You received your MBA from Mafia U Graduate School of Corruption, did you?   
      
   Is the Sinaloa Cartel a "business?"   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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