Friday, November 9, 2007

Mafia '10 Commandments'

Rather than getting a religious vibe, I found it much more clubhouse-ish.

FOXNews.com - Mafia '10 Commandments' Found in Italy After Arrests

The list bars mobsters from hanging out in bars, from befriending police and being late for appointments. It also bars them from "taking possession of money that belong to others or other families."

How to treat women also features in the decalogue.

"You shall not look at wives of our friends," says one entry. "You shall respect your wife," says another. However, the Mafia comes first, as the fifth "commandment" orders a mobster to "be available for Cosa Nostra at any moment, even if your wife is about to give birth."

I almost expected the list to go on and state: "You shall never bring your wife to the Cosa Nostra main house, for they have cooties."

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