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== [[Real Life]] ==

* This Troper heard a weird story from a missionary at his Church that collects blankets for homeless people in Portland, Oregon. While the missionary was busy working a local hitman came up and gave him a hat to wear to signal neutrality in gang feuds [[Hitman with a Heart|because]] [[Even Evil Has Standards|no one wanted]] to fire on charity workers, and [[Pragmatic Villainy|perhaps because]] no one wanted the extra heat and everyone knew gangsters would likely end up among the homeless when they were to old to be ~~skillful~~ criminals. The funny thing was that this was Portland, which is hardly ~~1930's~~ Shanghai. But well, things happen.

* This Troper heard a weird story from a missionary at his Church that collects blankets for homeless people in Portland, Oregon. While the missionary was busy working a local hitman came up and gave him a hat to wear to signal neutrality in gang feuds [[Hitman with a Heart|because]] [[Even Evil Has Standards|no one wanted]] to fire on charity workers, and [[Pragmatic Villainy|perhaps because]] no one wanted the extra heat and everyone knew gangsters would likely end up among the homeless when they were too old to be skilful criminals. The funny thing was that this was Portland, which is hardly 1930s Shanghai. But well, things happen.

* The chariot racing fans in the [[Byzantine Empire]] formed themselves into something resembling a [[The Mafia|Mafia]]. They had regular riots against each other, terrorized the populace, and at times got into politics.

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