Крестный отец

Chapter 23

           Thenitbecamethenameforthesecretorganizationthatspranguptofightagainsttherulerswhohadcrushedthecountryanditspeopleforcenturies.Sicilywasalandthathadbeenmorecruellyrapedthananyotherinhistory.TheInquisitionhadtorturedrichandpooralike.ThelandowningbaronsandtheprincesoftheCatholicChurchexercisedabsolutepowerovertheshepherdsandfarmers.ThepoliceweretheinstrumentsoftheirpowerandsoidentifiedwiththemthattobecalledapolicemanisthefoulestinsultoneSiciliancanhurlatanother.

           Facedwiththesavageryofthisabsolutepower,thesufferingpeoplelearnednevertobetraytheirangerandtheirhatredforfearofbeingcrushed.Theylearnednevertomakethemselvesvulnerablebyutteringanysortofthreatsincegivingsuchawarninginsuredaquickreprisal.Theylearnedthatsocietywastheirenemyandsowhentheysoughtredressfortheirwrongstheywenttotherebelunderground,theMafia.AndtheMafiacementeditspowerbyoriginatingthelawofsilence,theomerta.InthecountrysideofSicilyastrangeraskingdirectionstothenearesttownwillnotevenreceivethecourtesyofananswer.AndthegreatestcrimeanymemberoftheMafiacouldcommitwouldbetotellthepolicethenameofthemanwhohadjustshothimordonehimanykindofinjury.Omertabecamethereligionofthepeople.Awomanwhosehusbandhasbeenmurderedwouldnottellthepolicethenameofherhusband’smurderer,notevenofherchild’smurderer,,herdaughter’sraper.

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