Let's look at an example, in the movie Rounders (which stars Matt Damon who plays a poker player), Damon's buddy Worm (played by Edward Norton) owes a loan shark a lot of money and he takes a beating because of it. So by beating Worm up, Worm has decided that instead of paying the loan shark his money, he is just going to skip town and make Matt Damon pay it for him. In the end, Damon came up with the cash and the loan shark got his money, but what if Worm didn't have any friends that were willing to help him out? In that case, he would have left town and the loan shark would be out a lot of money with no way of getting it back and that can't be good for business.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that movie loan sharking sounds like a terrible business venture to get into because either you are not going to get your money or you are going to end up in jail for murder or assault.
"If this is what poker players look like today, maybe I am in the wrong profession." |
It happens. I got a family friend that had his legs broken one time.
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