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creatorof2002 — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 12:40 AM)

I feel kind of bad for Billy Bats. He was being very loving and affectionate and generous. He was in a very good mood, celebrating his release from prison. Tommy was kind of being a jerk, he started off making it obvious he did not like Billy and when Billy hugged him affectionately he pushed the guy away and said something about not messing up his suit and "dont bust my balls".
Billy should have just let it go after Tommy accepted his apology, had he done this he would have lived much longer and the rest of the night could have been fun. But I think if you factor in what a jerk Tommy was being what Billy really deserved was just a good beating, not death. They should have just beaten him up really badly instead of killing him.

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Nope he was a drunk asshole. The man was no angel.

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No I didn't. He was an asshole. He was being a total asshole to everyone in the room. I didn't feel bad for him when he was offed.

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Check out "Casino" to see Billy Bats get his revenge on that little punk Tommy. Batter up!

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Sure I did. He just came homehe came home and wanted what he had to get! He had mouths to feed.

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Yeah, since he just got out of prison.

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The molester thing is not true; my guess is Billy was always a dick to Tommy "busting his balls". Simple as that.

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He was really killed because when released from prison he started complaining and wanted back the action that Jimmy Burke had taken over.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1767176https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1767176Fri, 01 May 2026 08:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone else feel a little sorry for Billy Bats? on Fri, 01 May 2026 08:16:17 GMT]]>Milkdoesabodygood — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 04:39 AM)

It seems like the whole crew knew batts was a molestor, so why didn't the mob revoke his button?
Spoiler alert for them spoil sports out there! Y'all like spoiled milk, stop crying over it!

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Just a little bit.
Watch 'em Abe, I seen 'em do some things!

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Within the past couple of years. But again, it could be that I'm misremembering. Maybe someone else might recall and weigh in.

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What thread said Tommy was molested ?
I don't know, I can't find it now. I seem to remember reading it more than once on a couple of threads here, which made Tommy's outburst make a lot more sense and explained a bit more about his character. Maybe I misremembered.

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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1767169https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1767169Fri, 01 May 2026 08:16:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone else feel a little sorry for Billy Bats? on Fri, 01 May 2026 08:16:10 GMT]]>Stevicus-2 — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 07:16 AM)

They couldn't just beat him up and leave it at that, since he was a made guy. Batts would tell the powers that be, and that would be the end of Tommy anyway.
From what I've been able to gather on other threads on this topic, Batts had molested Tommy when he was younger, so Tommy's anger at Batts upon seeing him was understandable, when put into that context. And then Billy making the shinebox remark right there in front of Tommy's date and his friends was so blatantly disrespectful that it sent Tommy over the edge.
You're right, Billy should have just let it go, but he probably still saw Tommy as a little kid and didn't realize just how crazy he had gotten.

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