[Avodah] ein shaliach lidvar aveirah

[Richard Wolberg]

The following has been held by some:  That's very different from a godfather who tells
people to do things that are actually wrong, and that they know to be wrong,
and that they have the choice to refrain from.

The incorrect word above is "tells."  The word is "orders."
To think that they have the "choice" to refrain is very naive.
If a godfather or crime boss gives orders and the subordinates
refrain from carrying out the orders, they will be killed. A godfather
doesn't give one a "choice."  They may have had a choice l'chatchila
not to become involved with the mafia. However, even that is somewhat
more complex than it sounds. A person born into a mafia family, whose parents
are criminals and whose entire family are career criminals, has a much more 
difficult path and requires a super strength to leave his environment. However,
once a person is involved and is ordered by the crime boss to do anything, his only
consequence in not following orders is death.
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