Re: Sonny's view of his life

On 4/28/08 3:50 PM,"PJ" <pjmott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Sonny referred to his life today in terms of power, money, and
> respect. Respect? Just who does he think respects him? People fear
> him. They stay out of his way. But respect? His enemies don't even
> respect him. They either fear him or want him dead. Sad. I guess if he
> needs to consider himself respected in order to get through the
> day . . . .
> 
> PJ

That's like the line from the Phil Collins song about "you'll respect me
as
long as I have this gun."  Mobsters think their guns or the goons they
keep
around them to do their dirty work will gain them respect, but they are
really wrong.